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Leucophlebia emittens

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Leucophlebia emittens
Leucophlebia emittens male upperside India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Leucophlebia
Species:
L. emittens
Binomial name
Leucophlebia emittens
Walker, 1866[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucophlebia bicolor Butler, 1875
  • Leucophlebia damascena Butler, 1875

Leucophlebia emittens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from India and bordering south-western China and Pakistan.

It is similar to, but differs from Leucophlebia afra in that the median pale band of the forewing upperside is produced distally along the veins, especially the posterior ones. It is smaller than Leucophlebia neumanni, in which the forewing upperside median band is somewhat darker, contrasting less with the marginal areas.

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.