Chaerocina dohertyi
Chaerocina dohertyi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from highland forests in Kenya and Uganda.[2]
| Chaerocina dohertyi | |
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| Chaerocina dohertyi dohertyi, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Chaerocina |
| Species: | C. dohertyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaerocina dohertyi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1] | |
The length of the forewings is 45–49 mm. The head and thorax are dark brown, edged laterally with white. The abdomen is lighter brown. The forewings are also lighter brown speckled with blackish and with a broad basal and discal dark brown fasciae. There is a blackish ring at the end of the cell and a thick dark line running from the apex to the inner margin. The hindwings are bright red with a black base and with a black submarginal line which does not reach the costa. The underside of the body and wings is ferruginous speckled with black. The legs are whitish.
Subspecies
- Chaerocina dohertyi dohertyi
- Chaerocina dohertyi strangulata Darge, 2006 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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