''Hayesiana triopus'', the nonsuch hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, southern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and Thailand. The wingspan is 64–78 mm. The metanotum is dark brown with creamy-white stripes. The abdomen upperside is black with an interrupted belt of red and lateral orange spots. The underside of the thorax and abdomen is reddish orange. The forewing upperside is dark grey green with six narrow transverse blackish bands. The discal spot is large, rectangular and translucent. The hindwing upperside is black with a conspicuous white costal patch and tornal area. The hindwing underside is reddish orange. It is a diurnal species with a fast but bumbling flight. Adults are attracted to the flowers of ''

Agapanthus africanus ''Agapanthus africanus'', or the African lily, is a flowering plant from the genus ''Agapanthus'' found only on rocky sandstone slopes of the winter rainfall fynbos from the Cape Peninsula to Swellendam. It is also known as the lily-of-the-Nile ...

'' in Hong Kong. The larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Adina globiflora'' in India.

References

Macroglossini Moths described in 1847 Taxa named by John O. Westwood Moths of Asia {{Macroglossini-stub