Viriclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Viriclanis kingstoni, which is known from Tanzania. Both the genus and the species were first described by Leif Aarvik in 1999.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Tribe: | Smerinthini |
Genus: | Viriclanis Aarvik, 1999 |
Species: | V. kingstoni
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Binomial name | |
Viriclanis kingstoni Aarvik, 1999[1]
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References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Viriclanis.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.