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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