Hippotion rosae

Hippotion rosae is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found in Africa.^[2]

Hippotion rosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. rosae
Binomial name
Hippotion rosae (Butler, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
Darapsa rosae Butler, 1882

The length of the forewings is 40–43 mm for males and 41–45 mm for females and the wingspan is 74–99 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Cissus species.

Subspecies

• Hippotion rosae rosae
• Hippotion rosae guichardi Carcasson, 1968 (Yemen, Socotra)