Wavy polyptychus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Rufoclanis |
Species: | R. numosae
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Binomial name | |
Rufoclanis numosae (
Wallengren, 1860)
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Rufoclanis numosae, the wavy polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1860. It is known from dry bush and arid savanna in much of eastern and southern Africa. [2]
The length of the forewings is 22–30 mm for males and 34–36 mm for females and the wingspan is 54–58 mm.