Leptoclanis

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Leptoclanis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Leptoclanis
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
L. pulchra
Binomial name
Leptoclanis pulchra
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 [1]

Leptoclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species Leptoclanis pulchra, it is known from Brachystegia woodland from Angola and Zimbabwe to Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Tanzania. [2]

The forewings are 30–35 mm for males and about 40 mm for females. The forewings are creamy green with dark green markings. The hindwings are rosy red, bordered with green. The females are darker than the males and have broader and more rounded wings.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. 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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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