Hippotion griveaudi

Hippotion griveaudi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. griveaudi
Binomial name
	Hippotion griveaudi; Carcasson, 1968[1]
Synonyms
	Hippotion albolineata Griveaud, 1959 (preocc.);

Hippotion griveaudi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.^[2]

It is similar to Hippotion batschi, but distinguishable by the narrow white dorsal line on the abdomen. The upperside of the thorax and abdomen has a narrow white dorsal line. The forewing upperside is dark purplish-brown. The first and second postmedian lines are very narrow but discernible, the fourth and fifth lines are shaded in dark brown and highlighted in pale purplish-grey along the basal edge.

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[2] "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.