Hippotion
Encyclopedia
Hippotion is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family.
Species
- Hippotion adelinaeHippotion adelinaeHippotion adelinae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.It is similar in forewing and hindwing shape to Hippotion stigma, but the ground colour is much darker. The yellowish spot is present below the apex and tornus with a very clear W-shaped spot. The...
- Schmit, 2005 - Hippotion aporodesHippotion aporodesHippotion aporodes is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Ivory Coast to Congo and Uganda. In West Africa it is a strong migrant, moving regularly north and south with the Intertropical Convergence Zone....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1910 - Hippotion auroraHippotion auroraHippotion aurora is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar, Assumption Island, the Farquhar Islands and the Glorioso Islands....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Hippotion balsaminaeHippotion balsaminaeHippotion balsaminae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar....
- (Walker 1856) - Hippotion batschiiHippotion batschiiHippotion batschii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.It is very similar to Hippotion saclavorum, but distinguishable by the darker reddish-brown colour of the upperside of the body and forewings...
- (Keferstein 1870) - Hippotion boerhaviaeHippotion boerhaviaeHippotion boerhaviae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, south-eastern China , Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, eastern Australia and New Caledonia....
- (Fabricius 1775) - Hippotion brennus Hippotion brennusHippotion brennus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia....
- (Stoll 1782) - Hippotion brunneaHippotion brunneaHippotion brunnea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia.It is similar in forewing pattern to Hippotion brennus form rubribrenna but distinguishable by the entirely brown hindwing upperside, the strong white dorsal line running from the head to the tip of the abdomen and the...
- (Semper 1896) - Hippotion butleriHippotion butleriHippotion butleri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.It is superficially similar to Rhagastis mongoliana but distinguishable by the conspicuously black-and-white chequered forewing fringes. The forewing upperside basal two-thirds and marginal band are pale khaki and the...
- (Saalmuller 1884) - Hippotion celerioHippotion celerioHippotion celerio, known as the Vine Hawk-Moth or Silver-striped Hawk-Moth, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Africa, Southern Europe, Central and Southern Asia and Australia. It can be found further north, because of its migratory nature.-Colouring and marks :The body and forewing...
- (Linnaeus 1758) - Hippotion chlorisHippotion chlorisHippotion chloris is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Kenya.The length of the forewings is about 32 mm. The body is more robust than Hippotion celerio and olive green. The forewings are olive green...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1907 - Hippotion commatumHippotion commatumHippotion commatum is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea.The length of the forewings is 37-38 mm. The abdomen upperside is similar to Hippotion velox, but the paired oblique subdorsal silvery dashes are replaced by elongate greyish-white spots that are parallel to...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1915 - Hippotion dexippusHippotion dexippusHippotion dexippus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry areas in eastern Kenya.It is very similar to Hippotion rosae, but the antennae are grey, the colour is slightly more ochreous and the dark markings are slightly better developed. It is usually smaller than H...
- Fawcett 1915 - Hippotion echeclusHippotion echeclusHippotion echeclus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from southern and eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, south-eastern China, southern Japan , Malaysia , Indonesia and the Philippines .The wingspan is 64-84 mm.Larvae have been recorded on Sesamum indicum and...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Hippotion esonHippotion esonHippotion eson is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is very common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar and the Seychelles. It is a migratory species....
- (Cramer 1779) - Hippotion geryonHippotion geryonHippotion geryon is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.It is similar to Hippotion osiris, but is immediately distinguishable by the lack of pink coloration on the hindwing upperside and the single pair of black abdominal patches. The upperside of the...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Hippotion gracilisHippotion gracilisHippotion gracilis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from most of sub-Saharan Africa.The wingspan is 64.6-71.1 mm for males and 66.9-71.1 mm for females. It is very similar to Hippotion eson, but in general smaller, paler and with a less contrasting forewing upperside pattern...
- (Butler, 1875) - Hippotion griveaudiHippotion griveaudiHippotion griveaudi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.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...
- Carcasson 1968 - Hippotion hateleyiHippotion hateleyiHippotion hateleyi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Henderson Island.The length of the forewings is about 32 mm. It is superficially similar to Hippotion velox form rosea, but distinguishable by the strong orange ground colour....
- Holloway 1990 - Hippotion irregularisHippotion irregularisHippotion irregularis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Liberia to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya. It is also found in the Usambara area of Tanzania....
- (Walker 1856) - Hippotion isisHippotion isisHippotion isis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mauritius.The length of the forewings is about 29 mm. It is extremely similar to Hippotion aurora delicata but differing in the buff colour of the median band of the hindwing upperside and the absence of any dorsal longitudinal...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Hippotion joiceyiHippotion joiceyiHippotion joiceyi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Indonesia.The length of the forewings is about 30 mm. It is very similar to Hippotion brennus form brennus but immediately distinguishable by the lack of paired subdorsal white spots on the abdomen. The frons and upperside of the...
- Clark 1922 - Hippotion leucocephalusHippotion leucocephalusHippotion leucocephalus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is probably found in Africa, but the identity of this taxon, which is known only from the holotype female, is unclear, especially as Röber stated it was presumably a species found in Africa...
- Rober 1929 - Hippotion melichariHippotion melichariHippotion melichari is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.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...
- Haxaire, 2001 - Hippotion mooreiHippotion mooreiHippotion moorei is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry areas from northern Tanzania to Ethiopia and Somalia.The length of the forewings 28-34 mm for males and 35-40 mm for females. It is very similar to Hippotion rosae, but can be distinguished by the absence of the white margins...
- Jordon 1926 - Hippotion osirisHippotion osirisHippotion osiris is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is common throughout most of the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar and the Seychelles. Occasional vagrants have been recorded from Spain. It is uncommon on the East African coast. This species is an occasional migrant.The length of the...
- (Dalman 1823) - Hippotion paukstadtiHippotion paukstadtiHippotion paukstadti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Indonesia.The length of the forewings 23-24 mm for males and 23 mm for females. It is very similar to Hippotion brennus and Hippotion joiceyi but smaller...
- Cadiou 1995 - Hippotion pentagrammaHippotion pentagrammaHippotion pentagramma is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the arid areas in Arabia, Somalia and Ethiopia.The length of the forewings is 22-24 rnm. The head, body and forewings are pale sandy brown. The forewings are marked with five narrow evenly curved parallel darker lines...
- Hampson 1910 - Hippotion psammochromaHippotion psammochromaHippotion psammochroma is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Burkina Faso. It was described by Jean-Pierre Lequeux in 1989.The wingspan is 54 mm for males and 55 mm for females. It is similar to Hippotion rebeli, but the forewings and hindwings are more slender and apically pointed,...
- Basquin 1989 - Hippotion rafflesiiHippotion rafflesiiHippotion rafflesii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, southern and eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Malaysia , Indonesia and the Philippines....
- (Moore 1858) - Hippotion rebeliHippotion rebeliHippotion rebeli is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry areas in northern Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Arabia.The length of the forewings is 25-28 mm...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Hippotion rosaeHippotion rosaeHippotion rosae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Dry areas from south-western Africa to Mozambique and northwards to East Africa. It is also present on Socotra....
- (Butler 1882) - Hippotion roseipennisHippotion roseipennisHippotion roseipennis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry areas from KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and south-western Ethiopia....
- (Butler 1882) - Hippotion rosettaHippotion rosettaHippotion rosetta is a species of Sphingid moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from southern Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, east across Thailand, southern China and Taiwan to southern Japan and the Philippines, then south across south-east Asia to the Andaman Islands, eastern Indonesia, the...
- (Swinhoe 1892) - Hippotion saclavorumHippotion saclavorumHippotion saclavorum is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.The length of the forewings is about 23 mm. This is a small, brown species which is similar to Hippotion balsaminae but with shorter and more rounded forewings. The abdomen upperside has dorsal and subdorsal...
- (Boisduval 1933) - Hippotion scrofaHippotion scrofaHippotion scrofa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.The wingspan is about 70 mm...
- (Boisduval 1832) - Hippotion socotrensisHippotion socotrensisHippotion socotrensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry areas from eastern Kenya to southern Ethiopia and probably Somalia. It is also present on Socotra....
- (Rebel 1899) - Hippotion stigmaHippotion stigmaHippotion stigma is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from arid regions of eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.The length of the forewing is 26-28 mm. The palpi are small. The wing margins are crenulated and the apex of the forewings is blunt. The head and body are pale...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Hippotion talbotiHippotion talbotiHippotion talboti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from São Tomé and Príncipe.The length of the forewings is about 29 mm. It is distinguishable from all other Hippotion species by the greenish-brown ground colour of the forewing upperside together with the red and black hindwing...
- Clark 1930 - Hippotion veloxHippotion veloxHippotion velox is a species of Sphingid moth or the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji and New Caledonia, north to Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern Japan.The wingspan is 54-76 mm....
- (Fabricius 1793)