Sataspes cerberus

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Sataspes cerberus
Sataspes cerberus BMNHE274246 male up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sataspes
Species:
S. cerberus
Binomial name
Sataspes cerberus
Semper, 1896[1]

Sataspes cerberus is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1896 and it is known from the Philippines.

The posterior sternites of the abdomen underside of the males are primrose-yellow and the basal costal tuft of the forewing and hindwing underside is yellow. The thorax and abdomen uppersides of the females have no yellow scaling and the discs on the forewing and hindwing underside are blue.

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]


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