Biology:Clanis titan

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Short description: Species of moth

Clanis titan
Clanis titan MHNT CUT 2010 0 240 India Kanara - male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
Clanis titan MHNT CUT 2010 0 240 India Kanara - male ventral.jpg
Male ventral
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Clanis
Species:
C. titan
Binomial name
Clanis titan
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]

Clanis titan, the scarce velvet hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from India and Nepal east and south through Myanmar and Yunnan in south-western China to Thailand, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 128–148 mm.

Biology

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pterocarpus marsupium in India and Dalbergia olivieri in Laos and Thailand.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2163592 entry