Enpinanga borneensis

Enpinanga borneensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Enpinanga
Species:	E. borneensis
Binomial name
	Enpinanga borneensis; (Butler, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
	Angonyx borneensis Butler, 1879; Daphnis labuana Rothschild, 1895;

Enpinanga borneensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and the Philippines (Palawan).[2]

Description of adults

Adults are strongly sexually dimorphic.

Male

The forewing upperside ground colour is pale grey. There is a discal spot, a rounded dark broad spot, a rectangular dark brown spot and a slightly transparent cream spot. The hindwing upperside is mostly dark brown, although there is an inconspicuous buff median band.

Male dorsal
Male ventral

Female

The forewing upperside ground colour is greyish brown, with a dark brown median line. The submarginal line is edged in dark orange brown. The discal spot is inconspicuous or absent. The hindwing upperside has a broad, straw coloured inner margin.

Larvae

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Dillenia (such as Dillenia suffruticosa in Singapore) and Tetracera species.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Enpinanga borneensis (Butler, 1879)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Enpinanga borneensis (Butler, 1879)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.