Hypaedalea butleri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda.[2]
Hypaedalea butleri | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Hypaedalea |
Species: | H. butleri |
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Hypaedalea butleri Rothschild, 1894[1] | |
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The length of the forewings is 25–27 mm for males and females. The thorax has a large green median dorsal patch that extends onto the head and is laterally bordered by a brown line. The abdomen is pale yellowish-brown. The thorax and abdomen are buff-yellow ventrally. The forewing upperside is purplish-brown with irregular narrow dark brown transverse lines, a minute discal spot and a broad well defined very irregular dark purple brown marginal band. The hindwing upperside is uniformly dark brown.
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