Daphnis layardii

Daphnis layardii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1882 and is known from Sri Lanka.

Daphnis layardii
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Daphnis
Species:	D. layardii
Binomial name
Daphnis layardii Moore, 1882[1]

It is similar to Daphnis moorei but smaller. The forewing upperside is similar to Daphnis moorei, but the white highlighting of many of the pattern elements reduced or absent, giving a much flatter and less contrasted pattern. The antemedian line is distinct only anteriorly.

Differs from hypothous in being ruddy brown, not olive in hue; abdomen with a pale fringe to each segment. Underside with the white spots at apex of fore wing and at end of cell of each wing minute. Exp. 86millim.

— The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I^[2]