Hippotion melichari

Hippotion melichari is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Madagascar.

Hippotion melichari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species:
H. melichari
Binomial name
Hippotion melichari
Haxaire, 2001[1]

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.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.


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