Meganoton rubescens

Meganoton rubescens
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Meganoton
Species:	M. rubescens
Binomial name
	Meganoton rubescens; Butler, 1876
Synonyms
	Diludia rufescens Butler, 1875; Macrosila rubescens; Meganoton cocytoides Rothschild, 1894; Meganoton rubescens dracomontis Mell, 1922; Macrosila rubescens severina Miskin, 1891;

Meganoton rubescens, the rosy double-bristled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China, northern Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, northern Australia and the Solomon Islands.

Subspecies[edit]

Meganoton rubescens rubescens (north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China and northern Vietnam)^[2]
Meganoton rubescens amboinicus Clark, 1938 (Moluccas)
Meganoton rubescens philippinensis Clark, 1938 (Philippines)
Meganoton rubescens severina (Miskin, 1891) (Papua New Guinea, northern Australia, Solomon Islands)
Meganoton rubescens thielei Huwe, 1906 (Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia)
Meganoton rubescens titan Gehlen, 1933 (Moluccas)

^ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Cerberonoton rubescens". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cerberonoton rubescens rubescens (Butler, [1876]) -- Rosy double-bristled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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