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 Sphingidae family. 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.

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