Afroclanis calcareus
| Afroclanis calcareus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Afroclanis |
| Species: | A. calcareus |
| Binomial name | |
| Afroclanis calcareus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)[1] | |
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Afroclanis calcareus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from northern South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2]
The length of the forewings is 29–32 mm for males and 34–36 mm for females and the wingspan is 68–76 mm. The forewings are reddish brown to brownish purple, with a large dark spot at the costa before the apex and a small dark stigma, The hindwings are brick red, usually darker at the margin.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.