Hemaris saundersii (original) (raw)
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Species of moth
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hemaris |
| Species: | H. saundersii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemaris saundersii(Walker, 1856)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| Sesia saundersii Walker, 1856 Macroglossa curtisii Boisduval, 1875 |
Hemaris saundersii, or Saunders' bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from southern Kashmir, northern Pakistan, northern India (Himachal Pradesh) and north-eastern Afghanistan, eastwards along the Himalayan foothills of India (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim) to Bangladesh and northern Myanmar.[2] The habitat consists of scrub-jungle at 1,800 to 3,000 metres altitude.
The wingspan is 50–60 mm. It is a diurnal species. Adults are on ing in June in Kashmir and from April to May and again in July in Himachal Pradesh.
The larvae feed on Lonicera quinquelocularis in India.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Hemaris saundersii (Walker, 1856)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.