Meganoton rubescens

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Meganoton rubescens, the rosy double-bristled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China, northern Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, northern Australia and the Solomon Islands.

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Meganoton rubescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Meganoton
Species:
M. rubescens
Binomial name
Meganoton rubescens
Butler, 1876[1]
Synonyms
  • Diludia rufescens Butler, 1875
  • Macrosila rubescens
  • Meganoton cocytoides Rothschild, 1894
  • Meganoton rubescens dracomontis Mell, 1922
  • Macrosila rubescens severina Miskin, 1891
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Subspecies

  • Meganoton rubescens rubescens (north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China and northern Vietnam)[2]
  • Meganoton rubescens amboinicus Clark, 1938 (Moluccas)
  • Meganoton rubescens philippinensis Clark, 1938 (Philippines)
  • Meganoton rubescens severina (Miskin, 1891) (Papua New Guinea, northern Australia, Solomon Islands)
  • Meganoton rubescens thielei Huwe, 1906 (Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia)
  • Meganoton rubescens titan Gehlen, 1933 (Moluccas)


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