Hippotion brennus

Hippotion brennus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. brennus
Binomial name
Hippotion brennus (Stoll, 1782)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx brennus Stoll, 1782 Panacra maculiventris Miskin, 1891 Chaerocampa johanna Kirby, 1877 Hippotion rubribrenna Joicey & Kaye, 1917 Hippotion novaebrittaniae Clark, 1932 Hippotion brennus viettei Darge, 1975 Hippotion brennus funebris Gehlen, 1926

Hippotion brennus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia.^[2]

The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have patterned brown or grey forewings, and yellow or orange hindwings with a brown border. The forewings each have a recurve on both the inner and outer margins. The hindwings each have a recurve on the outer margin near the tornus. The abdomen has four white markings along each side.^[3] It is a variable species in colour and pattern with four distinct forms (brennus, funebris, johanna and rubribrenna) and some intermediates.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
2. "Papua Insects Foundation". Papua-insects.nl. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
3. "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2011-10-25.