Hippotion batschii

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Hippotion batschii
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Male
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species:
H. batschii
Binomial name
Hippotion batschii
(Keferstein, 1870) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa batschiiKeferstein, 1870
  • Choerocampa humilisButler, 1879

Hippotion batschii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar. [2]

It is very similar to Hippotion saclavorum , but distinguishable by the darker reddish-brown colour of the upperside of the body and forewings. Only the fifth postmedian line is distinct and conspicuous on the forewing upperside.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173. doi:10.5962/p.238439 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.