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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Chloroclanis Carcasson, 1968 |
| Species: | C. virescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloroclanis virescens (Butler, 1882) | |
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Chloroclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Chloroclanis virescens, which is known from forest from west Africa to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya and Tanzania.
The length of the forewings is 28–30 mm for males.
Subspecies
- Chloroclanis virescens virescens
- Chloroclanis virescens ochracea (Gehlen, 1951) (Central African Republic)
- Chloroclanis virescens tanzanica Carcasson, 1968 (Tanzania)
References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- 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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