Clanis titan
Clanis titan, the scarce velvet hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Clanis |
Species: | C. titan |
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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]
Biology
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pterocarpus marsupium in India and Dalbergia olivieri in Laos and Thailand.
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References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- 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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