Camelopteryx

Camelopteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.^[1] Its only species, Camelopteryx multicolor, is found in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.^[2] Both the genus and species were first described by Joseph de Joannis in 1906.^[3]

Camelopteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
Genus:	Camelopteryx de Joannis, 1906
Species:	C. multicolor
Binomial name
Camelopteryx multicolor de Joannis, 1906

It was described from two specimen of variable colour. The holotype is green, red and black with a wingspan of about 20 mm, while the other specimen did not show any green colouration.^[4]