Sataspes cerberus

Sataspes cerberus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sataspes
Species: S. cerberus
Binomial name
Sataspes cerberus
G Semper, 1896[1]

Sataspes cerberus is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Philippines.

The posterior sternites of the abdomen underside of the males are primrose-yellow and the basal costal tuft of the forewing and hindwing underside is yellow. The thorax and abdomen uppersides of the females have no yellow scaling and the discs on the forewing and hindwing underside are blue.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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