Panama Dilophonotini:
Aellopos, Eupyrrhoglossum, Nyceryx, Perigonia, Stolidoptera

This very tentative checklist will become more accurate as images and information are sent to me. If you would like to assist in the development of this worldwide Sphingidae data/image base, please send info and images to Bill Oehlke.

I have arranged the images in accordance with my perception of wing characters: predominent markings, shape, colour, size.

Females often have a wing shape or pattern that differs from the males. I hope some day to also have a thumbnail checklist for the females.

Aellopos Aellopos ceculus yes Cell spot usually masked by dark band. Fws: dark brown with paler marginal area and slightly paler sinuate post median bands divided by thin darker lines. Slightly paler am band also divided. Hws: Broad, transverse yellow band, widening near anal angle. Aellopos ceculus, Villavicencio, Meta, August 23, 2011, Gregory Nielsen. Aellopos clavipes U Body: dark brown; wide white band across abdomen. Fw: dark brown, black cell spot, three white spots near pale brown marginal area. Absence of white scales on hw anal angle. Aellopos fadus yes Wide white stripe across the abdomen. Wings are dark brown. No black cell spot. Outer band (upper half divided in two by dark line) of translucent white spots more extensive than in titan; inner band also divided in two. Hw: pale patches along costa and inner margin reduced, compered to titan. A. tantalus tantalus unconfirmed Body: reddish brown; wide white band across abdomen segment 4. Fw: reddish brown with black cell spot, three white spots (upper spot largest and often divided) near gray marginal area. A paler, almost vestigial median band runs from cell spot to inner margin. Hw: dark brown, indistinct pale yellow median band on upper half of wing; no white patch at anal angle. Cell spot directly over inner most white band; UNCONFIRMED Aellopos titan titan yes Wide white stripe across the abdomen. Wings are dark brown. Fw: black spot end of cell, two bands of translucent white spots. Lower band (cell to inner margin) divided in two by dark line. Hw: pale patches along costa and inner margin. Cell spot internal to innermost white band Aellopos titan titan Wide white stripe across the abdomen. Wings are dark brown. Fw: black spot end of cell, two bands of translucent white spots. Lower band (cell to inner margin) divided in two by dark line. Hw: pale patches along costa and inner margin.

Eupyrrhoglossum Eupyrrhoglossum corvus probably not Similar to Perigonia lusca lusca form restituta, but dark grey thorax with dark brown edges and broad median stripe. Lacks sagra's fw semitransparent submarginal spot and hw yellow fringe. UNCONFIRMED Yes Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Note white/pale spot/crescent in middle of forewing submarginal area. Note bright yellow hindwing fringe.

Nyceryx Nyceryx coffaeae yes Almost uniform dark brown ground colour. Outer margin not deeply hollowed out below apex, instead o.m. divided into two roughly equal, almost straight (slightly concave) edges with slight bulge at their juncture. Large, slightly darker trapezoid with base along inner margin, extending to bottom of cell. Nyceryx ericea yes Prominent diffuse, dark arc, upwardly convex, from near midpoint of costa to anal angle. Thin, dark, scalloped arc from apex to anal angle. Semitransparent spots in the distal half of the forewing. Nyceryx tacita yes Prominent small white triangular patch in upper half of subterminal area. Strong dark green suffusions over dark brown in costal regions. Large dark triangular patch with base from body to midpoint along inner margin with right angle to costa. Significant pale lines define other dark patches. /font> Nyceryx lunaris U Semitransparent spots in distal half of fw and middle of hw. Black streak on 1A+2A before middle (as in N. ericea but longer and thicker). o. m.: dark brown patch runs from Rs4 to tornus, with apex on M2; separate from lunule of same colour between Rs3 and Rs4. Hw: salmon-pink to brownish-orange basal area. UNCONFIRMED, possible stray Nyceryx riscus yes Diffuse, very dark, somewhat angular arc from apex to anal angle. Fine but distinct lines over reddish brown ground colour. Lacks significant addition markings on forewing. Nyceryx stuarti yes Two black, subparallel, concave lines determnie a smooth arc from apex to anal angle with marginal area and space between two black lines filled with light grey scaling. Small light grey patch along inner margin. Fine lines over reddish brown ground colour. Nyceryx magna unconfirmed but expected Fw: dark especially above and outside arc from above cell to anal angle. Hw: brownish-orange basal area (similar to Nyceryx lunaris), pale greyish-purple bands near anal angle. Nyceryx eximia yes

Perigonia lusca/ilus, Las Cruces Castillo de Canas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, May 9, 2006, 127m, courtesy of Gernot Kunz Perigonia P. ilus and P.lusca can more easily be determined via a view of the underside of the lower wing. Perigonia ilus unconfirmed but expected Lacks solid, dark apical crescent to mid bulge, instead a diffuse, dark arc with lighter internal scaling. Perigonia lusca unconfirmed but expected : Fw: Dark, slightly irregular, inwardly concave, thick line runs from apex to anal angle. Prominent, straight, dark aml outwardly shaded in dark brown more widely along inner angle, tapers toward costa. Outer margin, oblique, almost straight. Small black dot at base of costa midpoint, slightly larger black, short black streak in cell. Hw yellow band very variable. Perigonia stulta yes: Crenulations of forewing outer margin are variable in degree of development, but greatly produced near midpoint. Forewing upperside lacks distinct grey-brown or pale brown lunate patch on the outer margin. Forewing underside submarginal line distinct at least from the apex to M2, bordered with grey distally.

Stolidoptera tachasara, Trogan Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, San Jose, Costa Rica, February 9, 2011, 2420m, courtesy of Gernot Kunz Stolidoptera The forewing apex is very produced, almost bulbous and is a lighter, brighter green compared to darker green surroundings. Tiny black cell spot. Stolidoptera tachasara unconfirmed but expected Lines irregular, slightly diffuse but distinct, separating forewing into irregular bands of lighter and darker green. Fw outer margin unique in both male and female. Hindwing is almost uniform black.

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