Clanis deucalion
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Clanis |
Species: | C. deucalion
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Binomial name | |
Clanis deucalion | |
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Clanis deucalion, the three-lined velvet hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from northern India and Nepal to central eastern China.[2]
The wingspan is 104–124 mm.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on the introduced Robinia pseudoacacia.
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Clanis deucalion (Walker, 1856) -- Three-lined velvet hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.