Classification: | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Lepidoptera | Family: Sphingidae | Genus: Daphnis |

The following 2 eggs found on the Pinwheel Jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata) should be the eggs of this moth. They were found on 3 July 2017. A week later on 9 July 2017, I found the above 3 caterpillars on the same host plant where the eggs were previously located.

Reference:

(1) Leong TM. Observations of pupal eclosion and pheromone release in the oleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae). Nature in Singapore 2011;4:369-375. | Read article |

(2) Leong TM, D'Rozario V. Final instar larvae and metamorphosis of the oleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus) in Singapore (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae). Nature in Singapore 2009;2:297-306. | Read article |