Leptoclanis pulchra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4F1-FF19-62F6-F928FDDA9AD6 |
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Leptoclanis pulchra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
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Leptoclanis pulchra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 View in CoL *
COMMON NAME (S): Beautiful Hawkmoth or Beautiful Hawk.
SYNONYM(S): None.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Luangwa bridge, between Lusaka and Eastern Provinces ; Abercorn [now Mbala], in Northern Province ; Nyika plateau, in Muchinga Province ; South Luangwa national Park **, in Eastern Province .
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include: two Fabaceae species ( Eriosema engerlanum Harms and another Eriosema sp. ) and one Moraceaespecies ( Morus sp. ) ( Pinhey 1975).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975; Rothschild & Jordan 1903.
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Leptoclanis pulchra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
| Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023 |
Leucophlebia
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