Degmaptera mirabilis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Degmaptera |
Species: | D. mirabilis
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Binomial name | |
Degmaptera mirabilis (
Rothschild, 1894)
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Synonyms | |
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Degmaptera mirabilis, the variegated hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Thailand, Anhui in China and Taiwan. [2] The habitat consists of high altitude evergreen oak forests.
The wingspan is 44–82 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Quercus fenestrata in the Khasi Hills in India