hawkmoth

Description:

A common species, widely distributed in New Guinea. Daphnis dohertyi is a moth of the Family Sphingidae also found elsewhere in Indonesia, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia. Adults have wings with a bold pattern of pale and dark brown, with white spots at the base, the center and the tip of each forewing. There is also a white band across the first abdominal segment.

Habitat:

Spotted on the boundary fence of a school campus which is nestled in the lower foothills of the Cyclops mountains. The campus is surrounded by villages, gardens and disturbed forest.

Notes:

Observed late afternoon. The first photo used flash. Also published subsequently @ http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/...