Sphingidae of French Guiana

This checklist has recently (April 1, 2005) been updated to reflect the list provided from the work of Jean Haxaire as published in Lambillionea, 2/VI/2005.

I have used the nomenclature from Kitching and Cadiou 2000.

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Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com.

Sphingini Agrius cingulatus Amphimoea walkeri Cocytius antaeus C. beelzebuth Cocytius duponchel Cocytius lucifer Cocytius mortuorum Manduca albiplaga Manduca brunalba M. d. dalica M. dif. tropicalis M. florestan M. hannibal hannibal M. huascara M. lefeburii M. leucospila M. lucetius M. prestoni M. reducta M. r. rustica M. s. paphus Manduca vestalis Neococytius cluentius

Smerinthini A. gannascus gannascus A. palmeri A. daphne daphne A. gagarini A. roessleri * A. ypsilon * Protambulyx eurycles Protambulyx goeldii Protambulyx s. strigilis P. sulphurea

Dilophonotini Aellopos ceculus Aellopos fadus Aellopos titan titan Aleuron carinata Aleuron chloroptera Aleuron iphis Aleuron neglectum Callionima falcifera Callionima inuus Callionima nomius Callionima pan pan Callionima parce parce Enyo cavifer Enyo gorgon Enyo lugubris lugubris Enyo ocypete Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis domingonis Erinnyis ello ello Erinnyis lassauxi Erinnyis obscura obscura Erinnyis oenotrus Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Hemeroplanes ornatus H. triptolemus Isognathus caricae caricae Isognathus excelsior Isognathus leachi I. menechus I. occidentalis I. rimosa papayae Isognathus scyron Isognathus swainsoni Madoryx bubastus bubastus Madoryx oiclus oiclus M. plutonius plutonius Nyceryx coffeae Nyceryx ericea Nyceryx maxwelli Nyceryx riscus Nyceryx stuarti Nyceryx tacita Oryba achemenides Oryba kadeni P. caliginosa Pachylia darceta Pachylia ficus Pachylia syces syces Pachylioides resumens Perigonia ilus Perigonia lusca Perigonia pallida Perigonia stulta Phryxus caicus Pseudosphinx tetrio Unzela japix Unzela pronoe

Philampelini Eumorpha anchemolus Eumorpha capronnieri Eumorpha fasciatus Eumorpha labruscae Eumorpha megaeacus Eumorpha obliquus Eumorpha phorbas E. satellita licaon Eumorpha vitis

Macroglossini Hyles livornica X. a. amadis Xylophanes anubus X. ceratomioides X. chiron nechus X. colinae Xylophanes elara X. epaphus X. fusimacula X. guianensis X. haxairei Xylophanes loelia Xylophanes media Xylophanes neoptolemus Xylophanes pistacina Xylophanes ploetzi Xylophanes pluto X. porcus continentalis Xylophanes rufescens Xylophanes tersa tersa Xylophanes thyelia Xylophanes titana Xylophanes tyndarus

* Eitschberger, 2002, split specimens previously listed as Adhemarius ypsilon into two species: true ypsilon and roessleri. One or the other, but not both, flies in French Guiana. Eitschberger indicates roessleri.

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