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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| name = Leptoclanis
| image = Leptoclanis pulchra BMNHE814030 male up.jpg
| image =
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption =
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| display_parents = 2
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| parent_authority = [[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861)|Jordan]], 1903
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| genus = Leptoclanis
| species = pulchra
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| authority = Rothschild & Jordan, 1903<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Leptoclanis/pulchra.html |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |date= |accessdate=2011-11-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220215407/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Leptoclanis/pulchra.html |archive-date=2012-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| familia = [[Sphingidae]]
| synonyms =
| subfamilia = [[Smerinthinae]]
| tribus =
| genus = '''''Leptoclanis'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Lionel Walter Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan|Jordan]], 1903
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'''''Leptoclanis''''' is a genus of [[moth]]s in the [[Sphingidae]] family.


'''''Leptoclanis''''' is a genus of [[moth]]s in the family [[Sphingidae]], containing one species '''''Leptoclanis pulchra''''', it is known from ''[[Brachystegia]]'' woodland from [[Angola]] and [[Zimbabwe]] to [[Zambia]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and southern [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Carcasson |first=R. H. |author-link=Robert Herbert Carcasson |date=1967 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up |title=Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species |journal=Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=1–173 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
==Species==
*''[[Leptoclanis pulchra]]'' - <small>(Rothschild & Jordan 1903)</small>


The forewings are 30–35&nbsp;mm for males and about 40&nbsp;mm for females. The forewings are creamy green with dark green markings. The hindwings are rosy red, bordered with green. The females are darker than the males and have broader and more rounded wings.
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[[Category:Smerinthinae]]


==References==
{{wikispecies|Leptoclanis}}
{{Wikispecies|Leptoclanis}}
{{Reflist}}


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{{Sphingidae-stub}}


[[nl:Leptoclanis]]
[[Category:Smerinthini]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Angola]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Gabon]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Tanzania]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Zambia]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe]]
[[Category:Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa]]
[[Category:Monotypic moth genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Walter Rothschild]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Karl Jordan]]
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[[Category:Sphingidae genera]]


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{{Smerinthini-stub}}

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Leptoclanis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Leptoclanis
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
L. pulchra
Binomial name
Leptoclanis pulchra
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]

Leptoclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species Leptoclanis pulchra, it is known from Brachystegia woodland from Angola and Zimbabwe to Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Tanzania.[2]

The forewings are 30–35 mm for males and about 40 mm for females. The forewings are creamy green with dark green markings. The hindwings are rosy red, bordered with green. The females are darker than the males and have broader and more rounded wings.

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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