Biology:Cephonodes titan
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Cephonodes |
| Species: | C. titan
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephonodes titan Rothschild, 1899[1]
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Cephonodes titan is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Ambon.
It is the largest species of the genus Cephonodes. The upperside of the head, thorax, abdomen and wing bases is black. The underside of the thorax is orange, while the underside of the wing bases and abdomen is black. The anal tuft is brownish-orange.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120920020050/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Cephonodes/titan.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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Wikidata ☰ Q2704247 entry
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