Rhadinopasa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891. Its only species, Rhadinopasa hornimani, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1880. It is known from lowland forest from Gabon, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and Tanzania.[2]
| Rhadinopasa | |
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| Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Rhadinopasa Karsch, 1891 |
| Species: | R. hornimani
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| Rhadinopasa hornimani | |
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Species
edit- Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani
- Rhadinopasa hornimani tanganyikae Clark, 1938 (Tanzania)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Rhadinopasa.
- ^ "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.
- Mackey, A. P. (1978). "The Biogeographic Relationships of the New Guinea Sphingidae (Lepidoptera)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 16 (4): 361–365. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1977.tb00119.x. ISSN 1326-6756.
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