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Afroclanis calcareus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from northern South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2]

Afroclanis calcareus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Afroclanis
Species:
A. calcareus
Binomial name
Afroclanis calcareus
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus calcareus Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
  • Polyptychus burorum Strand, 1915

The length of the forewings is 29–32 mm for males and 34–36 mm for females and the wingspan is 68–76 mm. The forewings are reddish brown to brownish purple, with a large dark spot at the costa before the apex and a small dark stigma, The hindwings are brick red, usually darker at the margin.


References


  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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