Opistoclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species Opistoclanis hawkeri.
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| Male Opistoclanis hawkeri, ventral view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Opistoclanis Jordan, 1929 |
| Species: | O. hawkeri
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| Opistoclanis hawkeri | |
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Distribution
editwhich is known from Yunnan in China, north-eastern Thailand, Laos and northern Vietnam, where it has been recorded at elevations between 888 and 2,800 meters.[2]
Description
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Female dorsal view -
Female ventral view
Biology
editAdults are on wing from late March to early May at the end of the dry season in Thailand.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Opistoclanis.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Opistoclanis hawkeri (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
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