Afroclanis neavi
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Afroclanis |
Species: | A. neavi
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Binomial name | |
Afroclanis neavi | |
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Afroclanis neavi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and woodland from Zimbabwe through Zambia to Tanzania.[2]
The length of the forewings is 24–28 mm for males and 28–30 mm for females. The forewings are brownish purple with a dark triangle at the apex and a dark band from the tornus to the end of the cell. The hindwings are red with a diffuse dark area at the margin near the tornus. The body is bright brownish purple with darker tegulae.
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- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Categories:
- Smerinthini
- Moths described in 1910
- Moths of Africa
- Insects of Tanzania
- Fauna of Zimbabwe
- Smerinthini stubs