Hippotion batschii
Species of moth
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Hippotion batschii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.[2]
| Hippotion batschii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hippotion |
| Species: | H. batschii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippotion batschii (Keferstein, 1870)[1] | |
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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.
