Rufoclanis fulgurans

Rufoclanis fulgurans

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: Rufoclanis
Subgenus: Rufoclanis (Rufoclanis)
Species: Rufoclanis fulgurans

Name

Rufoclanis (Rufoclanis) fulgurans (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Type locality: British East Africa [Kenya], Kiokwe.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 1894.

Synonyms

• Polyptychus fulgurans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (original combination}}

References

• Rothschild, W. & Jordan, K., 1903: A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae 9(Supplement):i–cxxxv, 1–972, pls. 1–67.

Additional references

• Eitschberger, U. 2022. Erster Beitrag zur Rufoclanis rosea auct.-Artengruppe (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 80: 1-137. Full article (PDF). Reference page.