Cechenena pollux

Cechenena pollux
	Cechenena pollux Male dorsal
	Cechenena pollux Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Cechenena
Species:	C. pollux
Binomial name
	Cechenena pollux; (Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
	Choerocampa pollux Boisduval, 1875; Theretra pseudonessus Rothschild, 1894; Cechenena pollux rubrescens Clark, 1923 ;

Cechenena pollux is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is known from Indonesia (Java).

Description

It is similar to green forms of Cechenena lineosa but the median band of the hindwing upperside is yellow. The forewing ground colour ranges from rust-brown to green.

Female dorsal
Female ventral

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-20.