Rhodoprasina callantha

Rhodoprasina callantha
	Rhodoprasina callantha male dorsal
	Rhodoprasina callantha male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Rhodoprasina
Species:	R. callantha
Binomial name
	Rhodoprasina callantha; Jordan, 1929[1]

Rhodoprasina callantha, the small olive hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from north-eastern India across south-western China and northern Thailand to northern Vietnam.[2]

The wingspan is 90–120 mm. It is a sexually dimorphic species, with females often being considerably larger than males. Adults have sharply pointed, olive-green (male) or tawny-olive (female) forewings crossed by diagonal dark lines and diffuse white bands. The hindwing is carmine above with the costal and anal margins olive-green. The body is olive-green and darker below. The antennae are pink and the tibiae and tarsi are blackish and grey.

Adults are on wing from January to April and again from August to November in Thailand.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Quercus species, including Quercus fenestrata in India.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Rhodoprasina callantha Jordan, 1929 -- Small olive hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Rhodoprasina callantha Jordan, 1929 -- Small olive hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.