Biology:Opistoclanis

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Short description: Genus of moths

Opistoclanis
Opistoclanis hawkeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 175 Wuang Nuea Lampang Thailande male dorsal.jpg
Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, dorsal view
Opistoclanis hawkeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 175 Wuang Nuea Lampang Thailande male ventral.jpg
Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, ventral view
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Opistoclanis
Jordan, 1929
Species:
O. hawkeri
Binomial name
Opistoclanis hawkeri
Synonyms
  • Clanis hawkeri Joicey & Talbot, 1921

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

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.[1]

Description

Biology

Adults are on wing from late March to early May at the end of the dry season in Thailand.

References

  1. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Opistoclanis hawkeri (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/o_haw.htm. Retrieved December 16, 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1757299 entry