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Psilogramma menephron

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Psilogramma menephron

Psilogramma menephron (also recorded as Gray Hawk Moth) is an accepted species in the family Sphingidae, within the order Lepidoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Oceania and Hawaii. Butterflies and moths pass through egg, larval, pupal and adult stages, and adults are characterised by wings covered in microscopic scales.

Common name
Gray Hawk Moth
Family
Sphingidae
Order
Lepidoptera
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Oceania, Hawaii

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy