Batocnema

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Batocnema
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Batocnema africanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Ambulycini
Genus: Batocnema
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Batocnema is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. [1]

Species

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Batocnema Rothschild & Jordan, 1903". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 11, 2018.