Chloroclanis

Chloroclanis
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Smerinthini
Genus:	Chloroclanis; Carcasson, 1968
Species:	C. virescens
Binomial name
	Chloroclanis virescens; (Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
	Pseudosmerinthus virescens Butler, 1882; Polyptychus olivolinea Joicey & Kaye, 1917; Polyptychus virescens ochracea Gehlen, 1951;

Chloroclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Chloroclanis virescens, which is known from forest from west Africa to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya and Tanzania.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 28–30 mm for males.

Subspecies

Chloroclanis virescens virescens
Chloroclanis virescens ochracea (Gehlen, 1951) (Central African Republic)
Chloroclanis virescens tanzanica Carcasson, 1968 (Tanzania)

References

^ "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.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] 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.

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