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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Green pergesa hawkmoth
| image = Pergesa actea (15136343062).jpg
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
| classis = [[Insecta]]
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Sphingidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Macroglossinae (moth)|Macroglossinae]]
| genus = '''''Pergesa'''''
| genus_authority = [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Walker]], 1856
| species = '''''P. acteus'''''
| binomial = ''Pergesa acteus''
| binomial_authority = ([[Pieter Cramer|Cramer]], 1779)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Pergesa/acteus.html |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-10-26}}{{dead_link|date=September 2016|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
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| synonyms =
*Generic
**''Rhyncholaba'' <small>[[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861)|Jordan]], 1903</small>
*Specific
**''Sphinx acteus'' <small>Cramer, 1779</small>
**''Panacra butleri'' <small>Rothschild, 1894</small>
}}
'''''Pergesa''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[moth]] genus in the family [[Sphingidae]] first described by [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Francis Walker]] in 1856. Its only species, '''''Pergesa acteus''''', the '''green pergesa hawkmoth''', was described by [[Pieter Cramer]] in 1779.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/macroglossinae/pergesa/ |title=''Pergesa'' Walker, 1856 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=November 24, 2018}}</ref>
== Distribution ==
It is found in [[Sri Lanka]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], eastern and southern [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Japan]] (the [[Ryukyu Archipelago]]), [[Peninsular Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]] ([[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Sulawesi]]) and the [[Philippines]].
==Description==
The [[wingspan]] is 64–80&nbsp;mm. [[Head]], [[thorax]] and [[abdomen]] are purplish grey, which differs from ''[[Theretra nessus]]''. Vertex of head and a dorso-lateral stripe to thorax and abdomen is green. [[Forewings]] are purplish grey with a green oblique central area from below apex to inner margin with some indistinct lines on it. There is an irregular dark outer area with some yellow inside it. Hindwings with anal patch and submarginal band are pointed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>
[[Larva]]e are greenish with a dark dorsal line, and a subdorsal pale line on thoracic [[somite]]s. The fourth somite has a large [[eyespot (mimicry)|ocellus]], which is white ringed with brown and centered with blue and green.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nis/bulletin2009/2009nis329-338.pdf | title=Larval Development and Metamorphosis of the Hawkmoth, ''Pergesa acteus'' (Cramer) in Singapore (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) | publisher=National University of Singapore | accessdate=6 July 2016 | author=Leong, T. M. | author2=D'Rozario, V. | name-list-style=amp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003181015/http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nis/bulletin2009/2009nis329-338.pdf | archive-date=3 October 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The ocelli on the fifth to tenth somites are bluish with yellow centers. Lateral area is greenish and horn is yellowish. The caterpillars feed on ''[[Alocasia odora]]'', ''[[Syngonium podophyllum]]'', ''[[Amorphophallus]]'', ''[[Arisaema]]'', ''[[Caladium]]'', ''[[Colocasia]]'', ''[[Dieffenbachia]]'', ''[[Begonia]]'', ''[[Commelina]]'', ''[[Leea]]'', ''[[Cissus]]'' and ''[[Vitis]]'' species.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pittaway |first1=A. R. |last2=Kitching |first2=I. J. |date=2018 |url=http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_act.htm |title=''Pergesa acteus'' (Cramer, 1779) -- Green pergesa hawkmoth |website=Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic |accessdate=December 16, 2018}}</ref>
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Pergesa acteus MHNT CUT 2010 0 358 Padang Bovenlanden, Sumatra, Indonesie, male dorsal.jpg|Male dorsal
Pergesa acteus MHNT CUT 2010 0 358 Padang Bovenlanden, Sumatra, Indonesie, male ventral.jpg|Male △ ventral
Pergesa acteus MHNT CUT 2010 0 358 Poona Maharashtra India, female dorsal.jpg|Female dorsal
Pergesa acteus MHNT CUT 2010 0 358 Poona Maharashtra India, female ventral.jpg|Female △ ventral
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Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 4, 2.xi .2014) (D. Kruger) Eggs.jpg|Eggs
Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 5, 17.i.2015) (D. Kruger) L3 3.jpg|Caterpillar
Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 5, 25.i.2015) (D. Kruger) prepupa.jpg|Caterpillar
File:Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 4, 17.ix .2014) (D. Kruger) L5.jpg|Caterpillar with extended [[Eyespot (mimicry)|eyespot]]
File:Pergesa acteus caterpillar 4.jpg|Caterpillar with eyespots in their resting state
File:Pergesa acteus caterpillar 3.jpg|Front view with the head and the thoracic segments retracted into the body.
File:Pergesa acteus caterpillar 2.jpg|Dorsal view of Pergesa acteus caterpillar.
File:Pergesa acteus caterpillar.jpg|''Pergesa acteus'' caterpillar from one side
Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 4, 17.ix .2014) (D. Kruger) pupa 3.jpg|Pupa
Pergesa acteus lemon.jpg|Imago side
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==References==
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[[Category:Macroglossini]]
[[Category:Moths described in 1779]]
[[Category:Moths of Japan]]
[[Category:Monotypic moth genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)]]
[[Category:Sphingidae genera]]
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