Hippotion batschii

Hippotion batschii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.^[2]

Hippotion batschii
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. batschii
Binomial name
Hippotion batschii (Keferstein, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
Chaerocampa batschii Keferstein, 1870 Choerocampa humilis Butler, 1879

It is very similar to Hippotion saclavorum, but distinguishable by the darker reddish-brown colour of the upperside of the body and forewings. Only the fifth postmedian line is distinct and conspicuous on the forewing upperside.