''Dargeclanis'' 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 ...

, consisting of one species, ''Dargeclanis grandidieri'', which is known from

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and the

Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...

. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory
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Species

*''Dargeclanis grandidieri grandidieri'' (Madagascar) *''Dargeclanis grandidieri comorana'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916) (Comoros)

References

Smerinthini Monotypic moth genera Moths of Madagascar Moths of the Comoros {{Smerinthini-stub