Afroclanis neavi
[= Polyptychus neavi, Polyptychus martha]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa >
Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida >
Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths
and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera >
Heteroneura > Ditrysia >
Apoditrysia > Obtectomera >
Macrolepidoptera >
Bombycoidea > Family: Sphingidae (hawkmoths) >
Subfamily: Sphinginae
Evidently named after S.A. Neave who travelled in Central
Africa, the type specimen originating from Zambia (Pinhey 1975 p. 135).
Distribution
'Transvaal' (South Africa), Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi,
Tanzania (Pinhey 1975 p. 135).
Host-plants
Unknown.
Publications
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