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Hippotion
	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
	Lilina Tutt, 1903; Panacra Walker, 1856;

Hippotion is a genus of sphinx moths. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.^[1]

Species

Hippotion adelinae Schmit, 2005
Hippotion aporodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
Hippotion aurora Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Hippotion balsaminae (Walker, 1856)
Hippotion batschii (Keferstein, 1870)
Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775)
Hippotion brennus (Stoll, 1782)
Hippotion brunnea (Semper, 1896)
Hippotion butleri (Saalmuller, 1884)
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) – type species
Hippotion chloris Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
Hippotion commatum Rothschild & Jordan, 1915
Hippotion dexippus Fawcett, 1915
Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, 1875)
Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
Hippotion geryon (Boisduval, 1875)
Hippotion gracilis (Butler, 1875)
Hippotion griveaudi Carcasson, 1968
Hippotion hateleyi Holloway, 1990
Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)
Hippotion isis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Hippotion joiceyi Clark, 1922
Hippotion leucocephalus Rober, 1929
Hippotion melichari Haxaire, 2001
Hippotion moorei Jordan, 1926
Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823)
Hippotion paukstadti Cadiou, 1995
Hippotion pentagramma Hampson, 1910
Hippotion psammochroma Basquin, 1989
Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, 1858)
Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Hippotion rosae (Butler, 1882)
Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
Hippotion rosetta (C. Swinhoe, 1892)
Hippotion saclavorum (Boisduval, 1933)
Hippotion scrofa (Boisduval, 1832)
Hippotion socotrensis (Rebel, 1899)
Hippotion stigma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Hippotion talboti Clark, 1930
Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793)

Ecology

Pollination

Several species of the genus Hippotion have been identified as likely pollinators of the orchid species Cyrtorchis okuensis.^[2]

Gallery

References

^ Savela, Markku (September 23, 2015). "Hippotion Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
^ Azandi, L. N., Stévart, T., Sonké, B., Simo-Droissart, M., d'Haijère, T., & Droissart, V. (2021). "Taxonomic description and pollination ecology of Cyrtorchis okuensis (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae), a new species endemic to the Cameroon Volcanic Line." Plant Ecology and Evolution, 154(3), 483-496.

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[1] Savela, Markku (September 23, 2015). "Hippotion Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[Azandi_et_al.,_2021-2] Azandi, L. N., Stévart, T., Sonké, B., Simo-Droissart, M., d'Haijère, T., & Droissart, V. (2021). "Taxonomic description and pollination ecology of Cyrtorchis okuensis (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae), a new species endemic to the Cameroon Volcanic Line." Plant Ecology and Evolution, 154(3), 483-496.

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