Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Hippotion batschii | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hippotion Rank Species | |
Hippotion batschii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.
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.
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