Pierreclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Pierreclanis admatha, which is known from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Ghana.

Pierreclanis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Pierreclanis
Eitschberger, 2007
Species:
P. admatha
Binomial name
Pierreclanis admatha
(Pierre, 1985)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudoclanis admatha Pierre, 1985
  • Pseudoclanis occidentalis nigrita Gehlen, 1928

References edit

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.