Biology:Chloroclanis
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Chloroclanis Carcasson, 1968 |
| Species: | C. virescens
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| Chloroclanis virescens (Butler, 1882)[1]
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Chloroclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Chloroclanis virescens, which is known from forest from west Africa to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya and Tanzania.[2]
The length of the forewings is 28–30 mm for males.
Subspecies
- Chloroclanis virescens virescens
- Chloroclanis virescens ochracea (Gehlen, 1951) (Central African Republic)
- Chloroclanis virescens tanzanica Carcasson, 1968 (Tanzania)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Chloroclanis/virescens.html. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q1757177 entry
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