Dargeclanis

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Dargeclanis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Dargeclanis
Eitschberger, 2007
Species:
D. grandidieri
Binomial name
Dargeclanis grandidieri
(Mabille, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx grandidieriMabille, 1879
  • Pseudoclanis grandidieri
  • Ambulyx watersiiButler, 1884
  • Pseudosmerinthus semnusKarsch, 1900

Dargeclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species, Dargeclanis grandidieri, which is known from Madagascar and the Comoros. [2] [3]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. 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.
  3. ↑ Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory


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