Hemaris saundersii

Hemaris saundersii, or Saunders' bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from southern Kashmir, northern Pakistan, northern India (Himachal Pradesh) and north-eastern Afghanistan, eastwards along the Himalayan foothills of India (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim) to Bangladesh and northern Myanmar.^[2] The habitat consists of scrub-jungle at 1,800 to 3,000 metres altitude.

Hemaris saundersii
Hemaris saundersii ♂
Hemaris saundersii ♂ △
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hemaris
Species:	H. saundersii
Binomial name
Hemaris saundersii (Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
Sesia saundersii Walker, 1856 Macroglossa curtisii Boisduval, 1875

The wingspan is 50–60 mm. It is a diurnal species. Adults are on ing in June in Kashmir and from April to May and again in July in Himachal Pradesh.

The larvae feed on Lonicera quinquelocularis in India.