Chamanthedon chalypsa

Chamanthedon chalypsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamanthedon
Species: C. chalypsa
Binomial name
Chamanthedon chalypsa
Hampson, 1919[1]

Chamanthedon chalypsa is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from South Africa.

The head, thorax and abdomen are black-brown glossed with blue-green, the back of head with some fulvous orange hair, the abdomen with slight lateral tufts of fulvous orange scales on each segment. The forewings are black-brown glossed with blue-green. The hindwing are black-brown.

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