Dahira jitkae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia : Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Macroglossina
Genus: Dahira
Species: Dahira jitkae
Name

Dahira jitkae Haxaire & Melichar, 2007

Type locality: China, Sichuan, 10 km NW Miansi, 31°27'N, 103°23'E, 1300m.

Holotype: SMCR. male ♂. 4-10.IV.2007. leg. local people.
References

Haxaire, J. & Melichar, T. 2007c. Une nouvelle espèce du genre Dahira Moore, 1888 de Chine, Sichuan: Dahira jitkae sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 1(1): 20–23. full article (PDF). Reference page. .

Photos

Pittaway & Kitching [1].

Dahira jitkae is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sichuan in China, where it occurs at around 1,300 meters altitude.[2]

The wingspan is about 50 mm. It is very similar to Dahira niphaphylla, but with markedly different male genitalia.
References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Dahira jitkae Haxaire & Melichar, 2007". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.