Hippotion adelinae

Hippotion adelinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. adelinae
Binomial name
	Hippotion adelinae; Schmit, 2005

Hippotion adelinae is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.

It is similar in forewing and hindwing shape to Hippotion stigma, but the ground colour is much darker. The yellowish spot is present below the apex and tornus with a very clear W-shaped spot. The discal spot is comma-shaped.

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^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.^{[permanent dead link]}

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