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Hippotion rebeli
Female Hippotion rebeli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. rebeli
Binomial name
Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Synonyms
Hippotion rebeli undulata Berio, 1948 Hippotion rebeli suffusa Berio, 1948 Hippotion rebeli stricta Berio, 1948 Hippotion rebeli placata Berio, 1948 Hippotion rebeli pallidissima Berio, 1948 Hippotion rebeli invertita Berio, 1948 Hippotion rebeli fusa Berio, 1948

Hippotion rebeli is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from dry areas in northern Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Arabia.

The length of the forewings is 25–28 mm. It is very similar to Hippotion roseipennis and equally variable, but larger and generally more reddish on both sides and more heavily marked.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
2. 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Pinhey, E. (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.

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