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Genus of moths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Opistoclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species Opistoclanis hawkeri.
Opistoclanis | |
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Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, dorsal view | |
Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, ventral view | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Tribe: | Smerinthini |
Genus: | Opistoclanis Jordan, 1929 |
Species: | O. hawkeri |
Binomial name | |
Opistoclanis hawkeri | |
Synonyms | |
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which is known from Yunnan in China, north-eastern Thailand, Laos and northern Vietnam, where it has been recorded at elevations between 888 and 2,800 meters.[2]
Adults are on wing from late March to early May at the end of the dry season in Thailand.
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