Hippotion | |
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Hippotion celerio | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subfamily: | Macroglossinae |
Tribe: | Macroglossini |
Subtribe: | Choerocampina |
Genus: | Hippotion Hübner, 1819 |
Synonyms | |
Hippotion is a genus of sphinx moths. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.[1]
Several species of the genus Hippotion have been identified as likely pollinators of the orchid species Cyrtorchis okuensis.[2]