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» Hippotion chloris - Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
Taxonomy
Hippotion
chloris
Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
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Nomenclature
Subtribe:
Choerocampina
Genus:
Hippotion
Species:
Hippotion
chloris
Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
Usage:
valid
Reference:
New Sphingidae
94
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ British East Africa [Kenya]: Njoro (A.T. Cholmley) [NHMUK].
Taxonomic Notes:
Known only from the holotype and possibly a natural hybrid between Hippotion celerio and Basiothia medea (Carcasson, 1968) (STI 17169).
Media
Hippotion chloris, holotype, male, upperside. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, male, upperside. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, male, underside. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, male, underside. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, valve. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, valve. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, phallus. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, phallus. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, male, upperside. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, male, underside. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, valve. Kenya, N'Jora
Hippotion chloris, holotype, phallus. Kenya, N'Jora
Distribution
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
