Insect

Vine Hawkmoth

Hippotion celerio

Vine Hawkmoth (Hippotion celerio) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Vine Hawkmoth (Hippotion celerio) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Hippotion celerio
Family: Sphingidae, order Lepidoptera
Group: Insect

A fast flyer that hovers at dusk flowers.

Spot it Slim moth, olive-brown with silver streaks.
Home Gardens and fields.
Food web Caterpillars eat many plant leaves; adults sip nectar.
Why it matters A night pollinator, and its caterpillars and adults feed bats, birds and spiders.

Read more: Hippotion celerio on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist in 2020, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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