Sphingidae of Brazil

Xylophanes tersa, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
courtesy of Larry Valentine.

Although I believe these "tribal" checklists contain only species within Brazil, I fully expect there are omissions. If you have corrections to offer, please contact
Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com.
I am most thankful to Jean Haxaire for sending me an electronic copy of Faune de Bolivie, Lépidoptères Sphingidae, Ecologie et systématique.
I used his checklist and compared it to publications for Venezuela to come up with this list.
Those species listed are found in both Venezuela and Bolivia or have Brazil as the specimen type locality or are generally well known to fly in Brazil.
Species with a black * after them are confirmed by Catarina da Silva Motta from extensive collecting in northern Brazil. I am very thankful to her for extensive research and reports she has sent to me.
A red * indicates a new species or a species confirmed by specimen type locality, but not listed on Catarina's checklists for northern Brazil. Many of these species may be from southern Brazil.
A green ? indicates no confirmed records. The species may or may not fly in Brazil.
Eurides Furtado offers corrections to my previous listings: Manduca violaalba flies in Brazil and is quite distinct from Manduca incisa. Perigonia ilus also flies in Brazil and is not a subspecies of Perigonia lusca. Manduca manducoides has also been added to the list.
Eurides has provided the following information with beautiful images:
Perigonia leucopus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910. Male. Flies in Mato Grosso State, Brazil.
Nyceryx furtadoi Haxaire, 1996. Pair. Flies in Brazil in States Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Perigonia ilus Boisduval, 1870. Pair. Is a good species, not form of P. lusca (Fabricius, 1777), see Kutching & Cadiou, 2000 (Hawkmoths of the world). Flies in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Manduca manducoides (Rothschild, 1894). Pair. Flies in Brazil in States Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo.
Manduca violaalba (B. P. Clark, 1922). Male. Flies in Brazil in States Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Manduca corumbensis (B. P. Clark, 1920). Male. Flies in Brazil in States Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Isognathus menechus (Boisduval, [1875]). Pair. Flies in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Eumorpha adamsi (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903). Pair. Flies in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Isognathus allamandae Clark, 1920 Pair: male 68 mm; female 78 mm. June. Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m, Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Isognathus swainsonii Felder & Felder, 1862 Male 82 mm. December. Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m, Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Isognathus australis Clark, 1917 Male 70 mm. January. Santa Leopoldina, Tirol, 600-800 m, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Isognathus leachii (Swainson, 1823) Pair: male 85 mm; female 94 mm. Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m, Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Nyceryx alophus alophus (Boisduval, [1875]) Male 54 mm. October. Rio Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Pachygonidia caliginosa (Boisduval, 1870) Female 70 mm. March. Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m, Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Eumorpha satellitia excessus (Gehlen, 1926) Pair: male 105 mm; female 117 mm. September-October. Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m, Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Agrius cingulata, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
November 8, 2009, courtesy of Larry Valentine.

Sphingini
*Agrius cingulata**
*Amphim. walkeri**
*Amphonyx lucifer**
*Ampho. mephisto**
Ampho. rivularis
*Cocytius antaeus**
*Pseudoc. beelzebuth**
*Cocy. duponchel**
Mand. albiplaga *
*Manduca bergi** questionable, possibly western Brazil
*Mand. brasiliensis**
*M. brontes brontes**
*Mand. brunalba**
*Manduca clarki**
Man. contracta (LRV)
*Man. corumbensis**
M. dalica anthina *
*Man. dal. dalica**
*M. di. petuniae**
*M. di. tropicalis**
Manduca exiguus
*Manduca feronia**
*Mand. florestan**
Manduca grandis=
*Manduca fosteri**
*Manduca gueneei**
M. h. hannibal *
*M. han. hamilcar**
*Manduca incisa**
Manduca janira
Mand. lefeburei *
*Mand. leucosphila**
*Manduca lichenea**
*Manduca lucetius**
M. manducoides *
*Manduca pellenia**
*Manduca perplexa**
*Manduca prestoni**
*M. rustica rustica**
M. sexta paphus *
Manduca suavis=
*Manduca lichenea**
*Manduca vestalis**
Mand. violaalba *
*Moroc. mortuorum**
*Neococytius cluentius**
Neogene curitibia *
N. d. corumbensis *
N. dyn. dynaeus *
*Neogene reevei**
*Sphinx justiciae**

Smerinthini
Adhem. daphne
Adhem. dentoni *
A. eurysthenes
*Adhem. gagarini**
A. g. gannascus *
*Adhem. palmeri**
*Ad. sexoculata**
A. tig. tigrinus ?
*Adhem. ypsilon**
Orecta comus JH
Orecta lycidas eos?
*Orecta ly. lycidas**
Pr. astygonus DL
*Protam. eurycles**
*Protam. goeldii**
*Protam. s. strigilis**

A. tigrina probably do not occur as they are associated more to the north and west of western Brazil.

O. lycidas eos is associated with Argentina.

Dilophonotini
*Aellopos ceculus**
Aellopos clavipes?
*Aellopos fadus**
A. t. tantalus?
*Aellopos t. titan**
*Aleuron carinata**
*Al. chloroptera**
Aleuron iphis *
Al. neglectum *
Al. prominens *
Al. ypanemae *
*Baniwa yavitensis**
Callionima acuta *
Calli. denticulata?
Calli. falcifera?
*C. grises. elegans**
C. g, grisescens
Callionima guiarti
*Callionima inuus**
*Calli. nomius**
*Callionima pan**
*Calli. parce parce**
Enyo cavifer *
Enyo gorgon *
Enyo lugubris *
Enyo ocypete *
*Enyo t. australis**
Erinnyis alope *
Erinnyis crameri *
Eri. domingonis *
Erinnyis ello ello *
Eri. impunctata ?
Erinnyis lassauxi *
Erinnyis obscura *
Erinnyis oenotrus *
*Eupyrrho. sagra**
*E. venustum**
Hemero. diffusa ?
*H. longistriga**
*Hemero. ornatus**
*Hem. triptolemus**
*Isogna. allamande**
*Isog. australis**
I. caricae caricae *
*Isog. excelsior**
Isog. leachii *
*Isog. menechus**
*Isog. m. mossi**
*Isog. occidentalis**
I. rimosa papayae?
*I. rimosa rimosa**
*Isognathus scyron**
*Isogna. swainsonii**
*M. bub. bubastus**
Madoryx o. oiclus LRV
M. p. plutonius *
Nyceryx alophus *
*Nyceryx coffeae**
Nyc. con. cratera?
*Nyceryx ericea**
Nyceryx furtadoi *
Nyc. hyposticta?
*Nyceryx magna**
Nyceryx mielkei JH
*Nyceryx nephus**
*N. n. nictitans**
*Nyceryx riscus**
Nyceryx stuarti *
*Or. achemenides**
*Oryba kadeni**
*Pachyg. caliginosa**
*Pach. subhamata**
*Pachylia darceta**
*Pachylia ficus**
Pachylia s. syces *
*Pachyli. resumens**
Perigonia ilus *
*Perig. jamaicensis**
Perig. leucopus *
Perigonia lusca *
*Perigonia pallida**
*Perig. passerina**
*Perigonia pittieri**
*Perigonia stulta**
*Phryxus caicus**
Pseudosph. tetrio *
U. j. descrepans *
*Unzela japix japix**
Unzela p. pronoë *
*Unzela p. fuscatus**

Those species followed by a ? probably fly in countries north and/or west of Brazil, not in Brazil.

Philampelini
Eum. adamsi *
Eumorpha analis *
*Eum. anchemolus**
*Eum. capronnieri**
Eumorpha cissi ?
Eumorpha eacus=
Eum. megaeacus *
*Eum. fasciata**
*Eum. labruscae**
*Eum. megaeacus**
*E. o. obliquus**
*E. orientis**
*Eum. phorbas**
*E. s. excessus**
*E. satellita licaon**
*E. sate. satellitia**
E. translineatus ?
Eum. triangulum VK
*Eumorpha vitis**

E. cissi, translineatus and E. triangulums are all associated with ranges north and/or west of Brazil. They may or may not fly in Brazil.

Based on Catarina's extensive colecting data, I suspect they do not fly in Brazil.

Macroglossini
Hyles euphorbiarum FO
Hyles lineata?
Phanoxyla histrix *
Xyl. aglaor *
Xyl. alegrenis=
*Xyl. anubus**
*X. amadis amadis**
*X. amadis goeldi**
*Xyl. anubus**
*X. ceratomioides**
*X. chiron nechus**
X. cos. cosmius *
Xyl. crotonis?
*Xyl. depuiseti**
*Xylophanes docilis**
*Xylophanes elara**
*Xyl. epaphus**
Xylophanes fassli=
Xylop. rothschildi ?
*Xyl. ferotinus**
Xyl. furtadoi JH
*X. fusimacula**
X. ger. yurakano ?
*X. guianensis**
*Xyl. haxairei**
X. hydrata *
Xyl. indistincta *
Xylophanes isaon
*Xylophanes loelia**
X. m. maculator ?
X. marginalis LV
*Xyl. mossi**
X. nabuchodono. ?
*X. neoptolemus**
Xyl. obscurus *
*X. pearsoni**
*Xyl. pistacina**
Xylophanes pluto *
*X. p. continentalis**
Xyl. pyrrhus?
Xylophanes resta?
X. rhodochlora?
*X, rufescens**
X. sarae ?
X. sch. schausi *
*X. sch. serenus**
Xylophanes tersa *
Xyl. thyelia *
Xyl. titana LV
*Xyl. tyndarus**
*Xyl. undata**
Xyl. xylobotes HM
Those species marked with a ? are primarily associated with distributions to the north and/or west of Brazil. They may or may not occur as strays into western Brazil. Based on Catarina's extensive collecting, I suspect they are not found in Brazil.

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It is also suspected that the following species may range into Bolivia, and, for that reason, may also fly in Brazil:
Manduca fosteri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
Euryglottis albostigmata basalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
Euryglottis davidianus Dognin, 1891
Neogene carrerasi (Giacomelli, 1911)
Callionima falcifera falcifera (Gehlen, 1943)
Nyceryx lunaris Jordan, 1912
Xylophanes aristor (Boisduval 1870)
Xylophanes fosteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

In August, 2003, Catarina S. Motta was very kind to send me reprints of several articles she authored or co-authored regarding distributions of Sphingidae in Brazil. Summaries are listed below and I have used her data to update the checklist above.

From Maraca Island in the State of Roraima in northern Brazil between Venezuela and Guyana:
*Cocytius antaeus**
*Cocytius beelzebuth**
*Cocytius duponchel**
*M. diffisa petuniae**
*M. diffissa tropicalis**
*Manduca florestan**
M. h. hannibal *
*M. rustica rustica**
*Neococytius cluentius**
A. gannascus gannascus *
*Adhemarius palmeri**
*Adhemarius ypsilon**
*Protambulyx eurycles**
*Protambulyx s. strigilis**
*Aellopos ceculus**
*Aellopos fadus**
*Aleuron carinata**
*Aleuron chloroptera**
Aleuron iphis *
Aleuron neglectum *
*Callionima inuus**
*Callionima nomius**
*Callionima parce parce**
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**
*Isognathus allamande**
Isognathus caricae caricae *
Isognathus leachii *
*Isognathus scyron**
*Isognathus swainsonii**
*Isognathus zebra**, same as swainsoni
*Madoryx bubastus bubastus**
*Nyceryx riscus**
Nyceryx stuarti *
*Oryba achemenides**
*Oryba kadeni**
*Pachylia darceta**
*Pachylia ficus**
*Pachylioides resumens**
Perigonia lusca *
*Phryxus caicus**
Pseudosphinx tetrio *
*Unzela japix japix**
*Eumorpha anchemolus**
*Eumorpha fasciata**
*Eumorpha labruscae**
*E. satellita licaon**
*X. chiron nechus**
*Xylophanes pistacina**
Xylophanes pluto *
*Xylophanes tersa tersa**
From the Pacaraima Mountains in Roraima in northern Brazil between Venezuela and Guyana:
*Agrius cingulatus**
*Cocytius duponchel**
Manduca sexta paphus *
*Callionima nomius**
*Callionima parce parce**
Enyo gorgon *
Enyo lugubris lugubris *
Erinnyis crameri *
Erinnyis ello ello *
Perigonia lusca *
*Eumorpha labruscae**
*X. chiron nechus**
*Xylophanes tersa tersa**

From Do Parque Nacional Do Jau E Arredores in Amazonas in northwestern Brazil:
*Amphimoea walkeri**
*Cocytius duponchel**
*Cocytius lucifer**
*Manduca brunalba**
*Manduca leucosphila**
*Manduca dalica dalica**
*M. diffissa tropicalis**
*Manduca florestan**
M. h. hannibal *
Manduca lefeburei *
*Manduca lucetius**
Manduca sexta paphus *
*Neococytius cluentius**
*Adhemarius gagarini**
A. gann. gannascus *
*Adhemarius palmeri**
*Protambulyx eurycles**
*Protambulyx goeldii**
*Protambulyx s. strigilis**
*Aellopos ceculus**
*Aleuron carinata**
*Baniwa yavitensis**
*Callionima inuus**
*Callionima nomius**
*Callionima pan**
*Callionima parce parce**
Enyo gorgon *
Enyo lugubris lugubris *
Enyo ocypete *
Erinnyis alope *
Erinnyis crameri *
Erinnyis domingonis *
Erinnyis ello ello *
Erinnyis lassauxi *
Erinnyis obscura obscura *
Erinnyis oenotrus *
*Hemeroplanes ornatus**
*Hemeroplenes triptolemus**
*Isognathus excelsior**
Isognathus leachii *
*Isognathus menechus**
*Isognathus m. mossi**
*Isognathus occidentalis**
*I. rimosa rimosa**
*Isognathus scyron**
*Isognathus swainsonii**
Madorys plut. plutonius *
*Nyceryx coffeae**
Nyceryx stuarti *
*Oryba achemenides**
*Oryba kadeni**
*Pachylia darceta**
*Pachylia ficus**
Pachylia syces syces *
*Pachylioides resumens**
*Perigonia jamaicensis**
Perigonia lusca *
*Perigonia pallida**
*Perigonia pittieri.htm>**
Pseudosphinx tetrio *
*Unzela japix japix**
Unzela pronoë pronoë *
*Eumorpha anchemolus**
*Eumorpha capronnieri**
*Eumorpha fasciata**
*Eumorpha obliqua**
E. obliqua orientalis
*Eumorpha phorbas**
*E. sate. satellitia**
*Eumorpha vitis**
*X. amadis amadis**
*Xylophanes anubus**
*X. chiron nechus**
*Xylophanes loelia**
*X, rufescens**
*X. schausi serenus**
*Xylophanes tersa tersa**
Xylophanes thyelia *

From Querari in Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira in nw Brazil on Colombian border:
*Amphimoea walkeri**
*Cocytius antaeus**
*Cocytius beelzebuth**
*Cocytius duponchel**
*Cocytius lucifer**
Manduca albiplaga *
*Manduca dalica dalica**
*M. diffissa tropicalis**
*Manduca florestan**
*Manduca lucetius**
*Manduca pellenia**
*M. rustica rustica**
Manduca sexta paphus *
*Manduca vestalis**
*Neococytius cluentius**
A. gann. gannascus *
*Adhemarius germanus** posssibly same as gannascus
*Adhemarius palmeri**
*Adhemarius ypsilon**
*Protambulyx eurycles**
*Protambulyx s. strigilis**
*Aleuron chloroptera**
Aleuron iphis *
Aleuron neglectum *
*Callionima inuus**
*Callionima nomius**
*Callionima pan**
*Callionima parce parce**
Enyo gorgon *
Enyo lugubris lugubris *
Enyo ocypete *
Erinnyis alope *
Erinnyis ello ello *
Erinnyis obscura obscura *
Erinnyis oenotrus *
*E. venustum**
*Hemeroplenes triptolemus**
*Isognathus allamande**
*Isognathus excelsior**
Isognathus leachii *
*Isognathus occidentalis**
*I. rimosa rimosa**
*Isognathus swainsonii**
M. plutonius plutonius *
Nyceryx stuarti *
*Pachygonidia caliginosa**
*Pachylia darceta**
*Pachylia ficus**
*Pachylioides resumens**
Pseudosphinx tetrio *
*Unzela japix japix**
Unzela pronoë pronoë *
*Eumorpha anchemolus**
*Eumorpha capronnieri**
*Eumorpha fasciata**
*Eumorpha labruscae**
*Eumorpha phorbas**
*Eumorpha vitis**
*X. amadis amadis**
*Xylophanes anubus**
*X. chiron nechus**
*Xylophanes elara**
*X. fusimacula**
*X. guianensis**
*Xylophanes loelia**
*Xylophanes pistacina**
Xylophanes pluto *
*X. porcus continentalis**
*X, rufescens**
*Xylophanes tersa tersa**
Xylophanes thyelia *
*Xylophanes undata**

From Fazenda Aruanã near Itacoatiara on disturbed land in upland rain forest:
*Cocytius duponchel**
*M. brontes cubensis**
*Manduca brunalba**
*Manduca clarki**
*Manduca dalica dalica**
*M. diffissa tropicalis**
M. h. hannibal *
Manduca lefeburei *
*Manduca pellenia**
*Manduca perplexa**
*Manduca rustica**
Manduca sexta paphus *
*Neococytius cluentius**
*Adhemarius dentoni**
*Adhemarius gagarini**
A. gann. gannascus *
*Adhemarius palmeri**
*Protambulyx eurycles**
*Protambulyx s. strigilis**
*Aellopos ceculus**
*Aleuron chloroptera**
*Aleuron n. neglectum**
*Callionima nomius**
*Callionima pan**
*Callionima parce parce**
Enyo gorgon *
Enyo lugubris lugubris *
Enyo ocypete *
Erinnyis alope *
Erinnyis crameri *
Erinnyis ello ello *
Erinnyis lassauxi *
Erinnyis obscura obscura *
Erinnyis oenotrus *
*Eupyrrhoglossum venustum**
*Isognathus caricae**
*Isognathus excelsior**
Isognathus leachii *
*Isognathus m. mossi**
*I. rimosa rimosa**
*Isognathus scyron**
*Isognathus swainsonii**
*Oryba kadeni**
*Pachylia darceta**
*Pachylia ficus**
*Pachylioides resumens**
*Phryxus caicus**
Pseudosphinx tetrio *
*Eumorpha anchemolus**
*Eumorpha capronnieri**
*Eumorpha fasciata**
*Eumorpha l. labrusca**
*Eumorpha megaeacus**
*Eumorpha phorbas**
*Eumorpha vitis**
*X. amadis amadis**
*X. amadis goeldi**
*X. chiron nechus**
*Xylophanes loelia**
*Xylophanes tersa tersa**
Xylophanes thyelia *

From Estacio Ecologica of Serido, state of Rio Grande do Norte:
*Agrius cingulata**
*M. rustica rustica**
*Protambulyx s. strigilis**
*C. grises. elegans**
Enyo lugubris lugubris *
Erinnyis ello ello *
Erinnyis lassauxi *
Erinnyis obscura obscura *
*Isognathus allamande**
*Isognathus australis**
*Perigonia pittieri**
*Eumorpha l. labrusca**
Hyles euphorbiarum
*Xylophanes tersa tersa**

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Courtesy of Johan van't Bosch, Scott Olmstead and Erin Brandt I have received images of the following Sphingidae from Cristalino Jungle Lodge in northcentral Mato Grosso near the border with Para:

Confirmed

Callionima nomius,
Callionima parce,
Enyo gorgon,
Enyo ocypete,
Erinnyis ello,
Erinnyis oenotrus,
Eumorpha capronnieri,
Manduca prestoni,
Manduca rustica,
Nyceryx stuarti,
Orba achemides,
Pachylia darceta,
Pachylia ficus,
Pachylioides resumens,
Protambulyx eurycles,
Pseudosphinx tetrio
Xylophanes ceratomioides,
Xylophanes tyndarus

Anticipated

Agrius cingulata
Amphimoea walkeri
Cocytius antaeus
Cocytius beelzebuth
Cocytius duponchel
Cocytius mortuorum
Manduca albiplaga
Manduca corumbensis
M. diffisa petuniae
M. diffissa tropicalis

Anticipated

Anticipated

Add the following: Manduca janira, (Jordan 1911), southeastern Brazil, very similar to Manduca brasiliensis
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