| Batocnema | |
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| Batocnema africanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was presented with the Balfour Declaration, which pledged British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine. Rothschild was the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926.
Eumorpha is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus is mostly found in North and South America.
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan was a German-British entomologist. He took a special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles and fleas. Jordan was a founder of the International Congress of Entomology.
Protambulyx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Polyptychus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Afrosataspes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Ambulycini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876.
Smerinthini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Herbert C. Robinson in 1865.
Sphingulini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The tribe was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Macroglossini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.
Temnora is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Xylophanes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. As of 2000, there are about 96 species and subspecies included in the genus.
Macroglossum is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.
Hippotion is a genus of sphinx moths. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Batocnema coquerelii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar, the Aldabra Islands and the Comoro Islands.
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