Daphnis hayesi is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Sphingidae

Sphingidae

Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...

 family. It is known from Sulawesi

Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...

 in Indonesia

Indonesia

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The length of the forewings is 41-43 mm. The forewing upperside is similar to Daphnis hypothous hypothous

Daphnis hypothous

Daphnis hypothous is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, southern and northern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is a rare vagrant to the western Palaearctic ecozone...

but differs in details of pattern, there is a dark green sharply delimited sinuous line across the light olive grey subapical area, the angle of the outer edge of the dark green median area is obtuse and part of the dark median area is dark green.