Opistoclanis
Opistoclanis | |
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Opistoclanis hawkeri Male dorsal | |
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Opistoclanis hawkeri Male ventral | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Tribe: | Smerinthini |
Genus: | Opistoclanis Jordan, 1929 |
Species: | O. hawkeri |
Binomial name | |
Opistoclanis hawkeri (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)[1] | |
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Opistoclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species Opistoclanis hawkeri.
Distribution
which is known from China (Yunnan), north-eastern Thailand, Laos and northern Vietnam, where it has been recorded at altitudes between 888 and 2,800 meters.[2]
Description
- Female dorsal
- Female ventral
Biology
Adults are on wing from late March to early May at the end of the dry season in Thailand.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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