Opistoclanis

Opistoclanis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Opistoclanis
Jordan, 1929
Species: O. hawkeri
Binomial name
Opistoclanis hawkeri
(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Clanis hawkeri Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Opistoclanis is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing only one species Opistoclanis hawkeri, 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]

Adults are on wing from late March to early May at the end of the dry season in Thailand.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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