Afroclanis neavi

Afroclanis neavi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Afroclanis
Species: Afroclanis neavi

Name

Afroclanis neavi (Hampson, 1910)

Type locality: [Zambia], NE Rhodesia, E Luangwa District, Petauke.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. legit S.A. Neave

Synonymy

• Polyptychus neavi Hampson, 1910 (original combination)
• Afroclanis neavi (Hampson, 1910), Carcasson, 1968: 44.
• Polyptychus martha Closs, 1911 synonymized by C.A. Bridges, 1993
  • Type locality: [Tanzania], Deutsch-Ostafrika.
    • Holotype: ZMHB. female ♀.

References

Primary references

• Hampson, G. F. 1910. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2): 388–510. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Carcasson, R.H. 1968. 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): 1–148. PDF. Reference page. 
• Closs, G.A.C. 1911. Neue Sphingiden-Formen in meiner Sammlung. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 5(7): 50–51. Reference page.