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Callosphingia
Callosphingia circe, female, upperside. Tanzania, Tanganyika, Arusha.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Acherontiini
Genus:	Callosphingia Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
Species:	C. circe
Binomial name
Callosphingia circe (Fawcett, 1915)
Synonyms
Dovania circe Fawcett, 1915

Callosphingia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Callosphingia circe, which is known from semi-desert and arid scrub throughout eastern Africa.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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