Biology:Chaerocina dohertyi

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Short description: Species of moth

Chaerocina dohertyi
Chaerocina dohertyi dohertyi BMNHE274526 male up.jpg
Chaerocina dohertyi dohertyi, male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Chaerocina
Species:
C. dohertyi
Binomial name
Chaerocina dohertyi
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]

Chaerocina dohertyi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from highland forests in Kenya and Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is 45–49 mm. The head and thorax are dark brown, edged laterally with white. The abdomen is lighter brown. The forewings are also lighter brown speckled with blackish and with a broad basal and discal dark brown fasciae. There is a blackish ring at the end of the cell and a thick dark line running from the apex to the inner margin. The hindwings are bright red with a black base and with a black submarginal line which does not reach the costa. The underside of the body and wings is ferruginous speckled with black. The legs are whitish.

Subspecies

  • Chaerocina dohertyi dohertyi
  • Chaerocina dohertyi strangulata Darge, 2006 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2752420 entry