Clanis titan, the scarce velvet hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Clanis |
| Species: | C. titan
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Distribution
editIt is found from India and Nepal east and south through Myanmar and Yunnan in south-western China to Thailand, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
Description
editThe wingspan is 128–148 mm.
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Biology
editThe larvae have been recorded feeding on Pterocarpus marsupium in India and Dalbergia olivieri in Laos and Thailand.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Clanis titan Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 -- Scarce velvet hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
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