Oplerclanis rhadamistus

Oplerclanis rhadamistus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Oplerclanis
Species:	O. rhadamistus
Binomial name
	Oplerclanis rhadamistus; (Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
	Sphinx rhadamistus Fabricius, 1781; Pseudoclanis rhadamistus; Pseudoclanis rhadamistus hyrax Pierre, 1992; Pseudoclanis rhadamistus malaboensis Darge, 2006;

Oplerclanis rhadamistus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forest and heavy woodland from Senegal to Angola, the Congo and western Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is 27–30 mm for males.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.