Batocnema Coquerelii
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''Batocnema coquerelii'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar, the
Aldabra Islands The Aldabra Group are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, around from the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island. Population and area The group contains four islands and atolls. The largest in ...
and the Comoro Islands. 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

*''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

Ambulycini Moths described in 1875 Moths of Madagascar Moths of the Comoros Moths of Africa {{Ambulycini-stub