Apocalypsis velox is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Apocalypsis in the family Sphingidae. The genus erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. The species was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876, and is found from north-eastern India and from south-western China to northern Vietnam.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Apocalypsis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
| Species: | A. velox
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| Apocalypsis velox | |
Description
editThe wingspan is about 136 mm. The forewing upperside pattern is similar to that of Euryglottis aper.
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Female dorsal view -
Female ventral view
Biology
editThe larvae have been recorded feeding on Callicarpa arborea in India.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Apocalypsis velox velox Butler, 1876 -- Bald hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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