Batocnema africanus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

It is known from open woodland and savanna from north-eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe, Tanzania and the Kenya coast.

[2] The length of the forewings is 30–33 mm for males and about 35 mm for females and the wingspan is 72–85 mm.

The larvae feed on Sclerocarya afra.

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