''Chloroclanis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, bu ...
, containing one species, ''Chloroclanis virescens'', which is known from forest from west Africa to
Angola
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, the
Congo,
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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and western
Kenya
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and
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
.
The length of the forewings is 28–30 mm for males. Females are larger, longer winged, and the ground colour of both wings and body are a very dark olive, but the markings are as in the male. Males have rather bright greyish green forewings, head and thorax. The forewings are mottled with lighter grey green and faintly marked with numerous wavy transverse lines.
Subspecies
*''Chloroclanis virescens virescens''
*''Chloroclanis virescens ochracea''
(Gehlen, 1951) (Central African Republic)
*''Chloroclanis virescens tanzanica''
Carcasson, 1968 (Tanzania)
References
Smerinthini
Taxa named by Robert Herbert Carcasson
Moths of Africa
Monotypic moth genera
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