Dahira viksinjaevi

Dahira viksinjaevi
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Dahira
Species: D. viksinjaevi
Binomial name
Dahira viksinjaevi
Brechlin, 2006[1]

Dahira viksinjaevi is a moth of the family Sphingidae which is known from China.[2]

It is distinguishable from all other Dahira species by the almost uniformly black upperside, only the forewing upperside has bluish-grey markings running in a diffuse curved subapical line. The underside of the thorax and abdomen is red-brown. The abdominal sternites have dark brown distal margins. The forewing underside is red-brown, although the basal area and marginal band are dark brown. The hindwing underside is red-brown and the tornus and inner margin are dark brown.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.


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