Biology:Hypaedalea butleri

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Short description: Species of moth

Hypaedalea butleri
Hypaedalea butleri BMNHE813382 female up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hypaedalea
Species:
H. butleri
Binomial name
Hypaedalea butleri
Rothschild, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Temnora viridis Clark, 1936

Hypaedalea butleri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is 25–27 mm for males and females. The thorax has a large green median dorsal patch that extends onto the head and is laterally bordered by a brown line. The abdomen is pale yellowish-brown. The thorax and abdomen are buff-yellow ventrally. The forewing upperside is purplish-brown with irregular narrow dark brown transverse lines, a minute discal spot and a broad well defined very irregular dark purple brown marginal band. The hindwing upperside is uniformly dark brown.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1660668 entry