Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Smerinthinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Leucophlebiini

Genus

Clanis Hübner, [1819] 1816

Type Species

Sphinx phalaris Cramer, [1779] 1777

= Basiana Walker, 1856: 78 (key), 236 (TS: Basiana deucalion Walker, 1856, by subsequent designation by Rothschild & Jordan (1903))
= Metagastes Boisduval, [1875]: 11 (TS: Sphinx phalaris Cramer, [1779] 1777, by subsequent designation by Hampson (1904))

Species/Subspecies

Clanis undulosa gigantea Rothschild, 1894

Type Locality

Khasia Hills [Khasi Hills] [Meghalaya, India]

= Clanis gigantea Rothschild, 1894 (TL. Nias Island, Indonesia)
= Clanis undulosa roseata Mell, 1922b: 114 (TL. China: N Kuangtung Province [Guangdong])
= Clanis (undulosa) roseata f. pallescens Mell, 1922b: 114 (TL. Siu dsau, Kuangtung)
= Clanis (undulosa) roseata f. acuta Mell, 1922b: 119 (TL. Siu dsau, Kuangtung)
= Clanis undulosa hoenei Mell, 1935: 343 (TL. China: Chekiang [Zhejiang], Mokanshan [Mogan Shan], near Hangchow [Hangzhou], 450m)
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Distribution

States/Union Territories
Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya, North East

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