Dahira viksinjaevi

Dahira viksinjaevi
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Dahira
Species:	D. viksinjaevi
Binomial name
	Dahira viksinjaevi; , 2006

Dahira viksinjaevi is a moth of the family Sphingidae which is known from China.^[2]

It is distinguishable from all other Dahira species by the almost uniformly black upperside, only the forewing upperside has bluish-grey markings running in a diffuse curved subapical line. The underside of the thorax and abdomen is red-brown. The abdominal sternites have dark brown distal margins. The forewing underside is red-brown, although the basal area and marginal band are dark brown. The hindwing underside is red-brown and the tornus and inner margin are dark brown.

References[]

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Dahira viksinjaevi Brechlin, 2006". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

External links[]

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved October 20, 2011.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Dahira viksinjaevi Brechlin, 2006". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

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