Angonyx krishna

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Angonyx krishna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Angonyx
Species:
A. krishna
Binomial name
Angonyx krishna
Eitschberger & Haxaire, 2006 [1]

Angonyx krishna, the southern dark-green hawkmoth, [2] is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Ulf Eitschberger and Jean Haxaire in 2006. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  2. "Angonyx krishna Southern Dark-Green Hawkmoth". Discover Life. Retrieved December 13, 2018.