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are not typical of hawk moth caterpillars, with the horn on the terminal segment being less pronounced than usual, and absent in some species. The head and
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segments can be retracted into the first and second segments of the abdomen, which then appear enlarged and display
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species most of which have common names involving the phrase "elephant hawk moth". They include the
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The adults are quite similar to those of the related and larger genus
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Elephant hawk moth
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Sphingidae
Choerocampina
Deilephila
Laspeyres
Deilephila askoldensis
Deilephila elpenor
Deilephila nerii
Deilephila porcellus
Deilephila rivularis
Synonyms
genus
family
Sphingidae
Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres
Palearctic
elephant hawk moth
small elephant hawk moth
Chitral elephant hawk moth
oleander hawk moth
D. nerii
Daphnis

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