| Opistoclanis | |
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| Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, dorsal view | |
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| Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, ventral view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Opistoclanis Jordan, 1929 |
| Species: | O. hawkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Opistoclanis hawkeri (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 Yunnan in China, north-eastern Thailand, Laos and northern Vietnam, where it has been recorded at elevations between 888 and 2,800 meters.[2]
Description
Female dorsal view
Female ventral view
Biology
Adults are on wing from late March to early May at the end of the dry season in Thailand.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Opistoclanis.
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Opistoclanis hawkeri (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
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