Indian Moon Moth Actias selene. It is also called the Indian Luna Moth photographed at Amboli
A moon moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly. Moths are not easily differentiated from butterflies. Moon moth has a wingspan of about 8 inches and had been resting on tree. The insect was identified as the Indian Moon Moth or Indian Luna Moth Actias selene, usually a nocturnal creature. The Moon Moth has a very soft colouration of very pale green forewings with white at the base. It has four spots on its wings, perhaps to confuse predators who would love to take the large insect as their Luna Moths don’t eat at their last stage when they transform into a winged insect. In fact Moon Moths don’t even have a mouth and their sole purpose of living is to mate. The Mature Moon Moths only live for about a week. Moon moth mostly found in asian countries, india, shrilanka.
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Location: India
Photo credit: © Zeeshan Mirza / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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