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Chamanthedon chalypsa

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Chamanthedon chalypsa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamanthedon
Species:
C. chalypsa
Binomial name
Chamanthedon chalypsa

Chamanthedon chalypsa is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from South Africa.

The head, thorax and abdomen are black brown glossed with blue green, the back of head with some fulvous-orange hair, the abdomen with slight lateral tufts of fulvous-orange scales on each segment. The forewings are black brown glossed with blue green. The hindwings are black brown.

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