Clanis titan

Clanis titan, the scarce velvet hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.

Clanis titan
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Clanis
Species:
C. titan
Binomial name
Clanis titan

Distribution

It is found from India and Nepal east and south through Myanmar and Yunnan in south-western China to Thailand, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 128–148 mm.

  • Female dorsal
  • Female ventral

Biology

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pterocarpus marsupium in India and Dalbergia olivieri in Laos and Thailand.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Clanis titan Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 -- Scarce velvet hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


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