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Afrosphinx

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Afrosphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Afrosphinx amabilis, which is known from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySphingidae

Insecten Afrosphinx is een geslacht van vlinders uit de onderfamilie Smerinthinae van de familie pijlstaarten (Sphingidae). Soorten Afrosphinx amabilis (Jordan, 1911)

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Sphingidae
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Parent taxon
Smerinthinae
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Afrosphinx amabilis, male, upperside. Zaire, Shaba, Luéna.jpg
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Afrosphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Afrosphinx amabilis, which is known from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afrosphinx” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.