''Daphnis protrudens'' is a

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of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is known from

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

and

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Description

The

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is about . Adults have wings with a bold pattern of pale and dark brown. There is a contrasting pair of dark brown and white bands across the first abdominal segment. It is distinguishable from all other '' Daphnis'' species by the violet-toned dark chocolate brown marginal band on the forewing underside. The forewing upperside has a proximal edge of median brown which is not sharply defined. Daphnis protrudens protrudens MHNT CUT 2010 0 200 New Guinea female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal Daphnis protrudens protrudens MHNT CUT 2010 0 200 New Guinea female ventral.jpg, Female ventral

Biology

The larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Timonius timon''.

Subspecies

*''Daphnis protrudens protrudens'' *''Daphnis protrudens lecourti'' Cadiou, 1997 (Sulawesi)

References

Daphnis (moth) Moths described in 1874 Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Moths of Indonesia Moths of Oceania {{Macroglossini-stub