''Sataspes cerberus'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, ...

. It was described by

Georg Semper Georg Semper (August 3, 1837 in Altona, Hamburg – February 21, 1909) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. His Philippine Lepidoptera are in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main and his Indomalaya and Australasia specimen ...

in 1896 and it is known from the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. The posterior sternites of the abdomen underside of the males are primrose-yellow and the basal costal tuft of the forewing and hindwing underside is yellow. The thorax and abdomen uppersides of the females have no yellow scaling and the discs on the forewing and hindwing underside are blue.

References

Sataspes (moth) Moths described in 1896 Moths of the Philippines Taxa named by Georg Semper {{Smerinthini-stub