Opistoclanis

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

Opistoclanis
Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, dorsal view
Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, ventral view
Scientific classification
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
  • Clanis hawkeri Joicey & Talbot, 1921

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
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. 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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