Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Hippotion melichari | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hippotion Rank Species | |
Hippotion melichari is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Madagascar.
The length of the forewings is about 30 mm. It is superficially similar in body and forewing upperside pattern to Hippotion eson, but smaller and immediately distinguishable by the dark brown hindwing upperside with a poorly developed buff median band.
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