Biology:Barbourion

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Short description: Single-species genus of moths

Barbourion
Barbourion lemaii MHNT CUT 2010 0 369 Sanpatong Chiang Mai Thailand male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal view
Barbourion lemaii MHNT CUT 2010 0 369 Sanpatong Chiang Mai Thailand male ventral.jpg
Male ventral view
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Ambulycini
Genus: Barbourion
Clark, 1934
Species:
B. lemaii
Binomial name
Barbourion lemaii
(Le Moult, 1933)[1]
Synonyms
  • Callambulyx lemaii Le Moult, 1933

Barbourion is monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1934. Its only species, Barbourion lemaii, described by Eugène Le Moult in 1934, is known from Yunnan in south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]

Adults have been recorded in March and August above 2,000 meters elevation in Thailand.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1595390 entry