Category
page 1Moths of Sri Lanka

Actias selene
species of insect

Deaths head hawkmoth
species of moth

yellow-tail
The yellow-tail, goldtail moth or swan moth (Sphrageidus similis) is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Kaspar Füssli in 1775, and has commonly been placed within the related genus Euproctis. It is distributed throughout Europe to the Urals, then east across the Palearctic to Siberia and south to India and Sri Lanka.

Creatonotos gangis
species of moth

Trabala vishnou
species of insect

Megacorma obliqua
species of moth

Psilogramma increta
species of moth

Hippotion rosetta
species of moth
Eublemma cochylioides
species of insect

Psilogramma menephron
species of moth
Utetheisa lotrix
species of insect
Antheraea paphia
Saturniidae

Attacus taprobanis
species of insect
Theretra boisduvalii
species of moth
Macroglossum pyrrhosticta
species of insect

Pergesa acteus
species of insect
Theretra oldenlandiae
species of insect
Daphnusa ocellaris
Durian hawkmoth

Ecliptopera muscicolor
species of insect

Ambulyx substrigilis
species of moth
Macroglossum belis
species of moth
Amata passalis
species of insect
Pindara illibata
species of insect
Hippotion boerhaviae
species of moth

Theretra latreillii
species of insect

Theretra gnoma
species of insect
Cypa ferruginea
species of insect
Amplypterus panopus
species of moth

Theretra pallicosta
species of insect
Aloa lactinea
species of insect
Enpinanga assamensis
species of insect
Theretra silhetensis
species of insect

Meganoton nyctiphanes
species of insect
Macroglossum sitiene
species of insect
Theretra clotho
species of insect
Macroglossum corythus
species of moth

Adrapsa ablualis
species of moth
Daphnis minima
species of moth

Fascellina chromataria
species of insect
Epicephala exetastis
species of insect
Polyptychus dentatus
species of insect
Macarostola thriambica
species of insect
Ambulyx moorei
species of insect
Collix ghosha
species of insect
Daphnis layardii
species of moth

Macroglossum assimilis
species of moth
Epicephala frenata
species of insect
Collix rufipalpis
species of insect
Cyphosticha acrolitha
species of insect

Polydesma umbricola
species of insect

Amata cyssea
species of insect
Chilena
Chilena is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. They are distributed in Nepal, central India, and Sri Lanka.
Tetridia
Tetridia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by William Warren in 1890. Its single species, Tetridia caletoralis, was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in China, northern India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Taiwan and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Macroglossum mitchellii
species of insect
Clanis phalaris
species of insect
Scopula alstoni
species of insect

Nephele hespera
species of insect
Epicephala flagellata
species of insect
Phrixosceles campsigrapha
species of insect
Leucophlebia lineata
species of insect