Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Pellucid Hawk Moth (Cephonodes hylas).

Pellucid Hawk Moth (Cephonodes hylas).

A moth is an insect related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Most of this order are moths; there are thought to be about 160,000 species of moth (nearly ten times the number of species of butterfly), with thousands of species yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are crepuscular and diurnal species. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moth )
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cephonodes_hylas_hylas_Linnaeus.jpg )



The above moth photo is taken near my house,  

Thanks to Mr.Akshay Charegaonkar, who has helped me in identifying  correct name of this moth at INW

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