Barbourion is monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1934. Its only species, Barbourion lemaii, described by Eugène Le Moult in 1934, is known from Yunnan in south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Ambulycini |
| Genus: | Barbourion Clark, 1934 |
| Species: | B. lemaii
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Adults have been recorded in March and August above 2,000 meters elevation in Thailand.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Barbourion.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Barbourion lemaii (Le Moult, 1933)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
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