Chloroclanis

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Chloroclanis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Chloroclanis
Carcasson, 1968
Species:
C. virescens
Binomial name
Chloroclanis virescens
(Butler, 1882) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudosmerinthus virescensButler, 1882
  • Polyptychus olivolineaJoicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Polyptychus virescens ochraceaGehlen, 1951

Chloroclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Chloroclanis virescens, which is known from forest from west Africa to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya and Tanzania. [2]

The length of the forewings is 28–30 mm for males.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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