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| genus = '''''Leptoclanis'''''
| genus = '''''Leptoclanis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Lionel Walter Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan|Jordan]], 1903
| genus_authority = [[Lionel Walter Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan|Jordan]], 1903
| species = '''''L. pulchra'''''
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| binomial = ''Leptoclanis pulchra''
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| binomial_authority = Rothschild & Jordan, 1903<ref>[https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Leptoclanis/pulchra.html CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae]</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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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>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species]</ref>
'''''Leptoclanis''''' is a genus of [[moth]]s in the [[Sphingidae]] family.


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.
==Species==

*''[[Leptoclanis pulchra]]'' - <small>(Rothschild & Jordan 1903)</small>
==References==
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Leptoclanis
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Leptoclanis

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L. pulchra
Binomial name
Leptoclanis pulchra
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]

Leptoclanis is a genus of moths 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.[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.

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