Afroclanis calcareus

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

Afroclanis calcareus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)

Type locality: [Tanzania], German East Africa, Masasi.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. I–II.1905.

Polyptychus calcareus Rothschild & Jordan, 1907 (original combination)
Afroclanis calcareus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907), Carcasson, 1968: 44.
Polyptychus burorum Strand, 1915 (synonymized by I. Kitching & Cadiou, 2000: 36, 77).
- Type locality: [South Africa], Transvaal, Rhodesia, Krupesdorp.
  - Holotype: ZMHB. female ♀. legit O. Ulbrich

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.
Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J.M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the world: An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary. Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): 1–226. ISBN 978-0-8014-3734-2. Reference page.
Strand, E. 1915a. Einige exotische, insbesondere afrikanische Heterocera. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 81(A.2): 129–134. Reference page.