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Leptoclanis
Scientific 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

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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

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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-| name = Leptoclanis
+| image = Leptoclanis pulchra BMNHE814030 male up.jpg
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-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| 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]]
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+| synonyms =
-| genus = '''''Leptoclanis'''''
-| genus_authority = [[Lionel Walter Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan|Jordan]], 1903
-| species = '''''L. pulchra'''''
-| binomial = ''Leptoclanis pulchra''
-| binomial_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}}</ref>
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-'''''Leptoclanis''''' is a genus of [[moth]]s in the [[Sphingidae]] family, 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 web|url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf |title=Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species |publisher=Biodiversitylibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2011-11-01}}</ref>
+'''''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>
 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.
 ==References==
+{{Wikispecies|Leptoclanis}}
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Taxonbar |from=Q1757140}}
-{{wikispecies|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:Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
-[[Category:Moths of Africa]]
-[[Category:Insects of Angola]]
-[[Category:Fauna of Gabon]]
-[[Category:Insects of Tanzania]]
-[[Category:Fauna of Zambia]]
-[[Category:Fauna of Zimbabwe]]
 [[Category:Taxa named by Walter Rothschild]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Karl Jordan]]
+[[Category:Sphingidae genera]]