Species of moth
Clanis titan, the scarce velvet hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from India and Nepal east and south through Myanmar and Yunnan in south-western China to Thailand, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 128–148 mm.
Female dorsal
Female ventral
Biology
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pterocarpus marsupium in India and Dalbergia olivieri in Laos and Thailand.
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Clanis titan Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 -- Scarce velvet hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
