Clanis titan

Clanis titan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Clanis
Species: C. titan
Binomial name
Clanis titan
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]

Clanis titan is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from India and Nepal east and south through Myanmar and south-western China (Yunnan) to Thailand, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

The wingspan is 128–148 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pterocarpus marsupium in India and Dalbergia olivieri in Laos and Thailand.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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