Barbourion

Barbourion is monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1934. Its only species, Barbourion lemaii, described by Eugène Le Moult in 1934, is known from Yunnan in south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]

Barbourion
Male dorsal view
Male ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Ambulycini
Genus: Barbourion
Clark, 1934
Species:
B. lemaii
Binomial name
Barbourion lemaii
(Le Moult, 1933)[1]
Synonyms
  • Callambulyx lemaii Le Moult, 1933

Adults have been recorded in March and August above 2,000 meters elevation in Thailand.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Barbourion lemaii (Le Moult, 1933)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


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