Batocnema coquerelii

Batocnema coquerelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Batocnema
Species:	B. coquerelii
Binomial name
	Batocnema coquerelii; (Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
	Ambulyx coquerelii Boisduval, 1875;

Batocnema coquerelii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar, the Aldabra Islands and the Comoro Islands.[2]

It is similar to Batocnema africanus, but the general pattern comprises a much better developed series of bands and patches. The forewing upperside has six, rather than two, conspicuous costal patches and stripes, the most apical of which is small, triangular and subapical.

Subspecies

Batocnema coquerelii coquerelii (Madagascar)
Batocnema coquerelii aldabrensis - Aurivillius, 1909 (Aldabra Island)
Batocnema coquerelii anjouanensis - Viette, 1982 (Anjouan)
Batocnema coquerelii comorana - Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Grande Comore)
Batocnema coquerelii occidentalis - Griveaud, 1971 (Madagascar)

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

[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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.