Chloroclanis Explained

Chloroclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Chloroclanis virescens, which is known from forest from west Africa to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya and Tanzania.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 28–30 mm for males.

Subspecies

• Chloroclanis virescens virescens
• Chloroclanis virescens ochracea (Gehlen, 1951) (Central African Republic)
• Chloroclanis virescens tanzanica Carcasson, 1968 (Tanzania)

Notes and References

1. Carcasson . R. H. . Robert Herbert Carcasson . 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 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.