Oplerclanis rhadamistus

Oplerclanis rhadamistus
Oplerclanis rhadamistus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Oplerclanis
Species: O. rhadamistus
Binomial name
Oplerclanis rhadamistus
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx rhadamistus Fabricius, 1781
  • Pseudoclanis rhadamistus
  • Pseudoclanis rhadamistus hyrax Pierre, 1992
  • Pseudoclanis rhadamistus malaboensis Darge, 2006

Oplerclanis rhadamistus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forest and heavy woodland from Senegal to Angola, the Congo and western Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is 27-30 mm for males.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Oplerclanis/boisduvali.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
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