Batocnema coquerelii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar, the Aldabra Islands and the Comoro Islands.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Batocnema |
| Species: | B. coquerelii
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It is similar to Batocnema africanus, but the general pattern comprises a much better developed series of bands and patches. The forewing upperside has six, rather than two, conspicuous costal patches and stripes, the most apical of which is small, triangular and subapical.
Subspecies
edit- Batocnema coquerelii coquerelii (Madagascar)
- Batocnema coquerelii aldabrensis - Aurivillius, 1909 (Aldabra Island)
- Batocnema coquerelii anjouanensis - Viette, 1982 (Anjouan)
- Batocnema coquerelii comorana - Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Grande Comore)
- Batocnema coquerelii occidentalis - Griveaud, 1971 (Madagascar)
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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