Sphingidae of Paraguay

Xylophanes tersa Paraguay (widespread), courtesy of Ulf Drechsel.

Although I believe these "tribal" checklists contain only species within Paraguay, I fully expect there are many 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 have used Haxaire's list as a starting point, but have only included those species, from the list, generally recognized as flying in Argentina.

I have added those species whose specimen type locality is Argentina.

In September 2007, Paul Smith directed me to the site, Fauna Paraguay where a provisional checklist has been created, using Moré, Kitching & Cocucci - Sphingidae: Hawkmoths of Argentina; www.pybio.org; and this site: Oehlke - Hawkmoths of the Americas.

I have delisted the species not indicated by Paul Smith, and I have followed additions from Paul's list with his initials.

Sphingini Agrius cingulatus Amphimoea walkeri Cocytius antaeus PS Cocytius duponchel PS Cocytius lucifer PS Cocytius mephisto PS Manduca albiplaga Manduca armatipes Manduca contracta PS Manduca corumbensis PS M. diffissa diffissa M. diffisa mesosa M. diffisa petuniae M. diff. tropicalis IK M. diffissa zischkai Manduca florestan Manduca fosteri PS Manduca hannibal PS Manduca incisa PS Manduca lefeburii PS Manduca lichenea Manduca lucetius Manduca manducoides Manduca rustica PS Manduca scutata PS Manduca sexta paphus Manduca sexta saliensis Manduca undata PS Neococytius cluentius Neogene curitiba PS Neogene dynaeus PS Neogene intermedia PS Neogene pictus Neogene reevei

Smerinthini Adhemarius daphne PS Adhem. eurysthenes UD Adhemarius palmeri PS Orecta lycidas eos Protamb. astygonus PS Protambulyx s. strigilis

Dilophonotini Aellopos fadus A. tantalus tantalus Aellopos titan titan Aleuron chloroptera PS Aleuron iphis PS Aleuron neglectum PS Callionima falcifera PS C. grises. grisescens Callionima guiarti Callionima inuus Callionima nomius PS Callionima parce PS Enyo gorgon PS Enyo japix PS Enyo lugubris lugubris Enyo ocypete PS Enyo t. australis PS Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis domingonis Erinnyis ello Erinnyis lassauxi Erinnyis obscura PS Erinnyis oenotrus Eupyrrhoglossum sagra PS Hemer. longistriga PS H. triptolemus Isognathus caricae PS Isognathus leachii PS Isognathus allamande Madoryx bubastus PS Madoryx oiclus PS Madoryx plutonius PS Nyceryx a. ixion PS Nyceryx continua PS Nyceryx furtadoi PS Nyceryx nictitans PS Nyceryx riscus PS Pachylia ficus Pachylia syces syces Pachylioides resumens Perigonia ilus PS Perigonia pallida PS Perigonia passerina Phryxus caicus Pseudosphinx tetrio

Philampelini Eumorpha adamsi Eumorpha analis Eumorpha anchemolus Eumorpha fasciata Eumorpha labruscae PS Eumorpha satellitia PS Eumorpha vitis PS

Macroglossini Hyles euphorbiarum PS Xylophanes anubus X. ceratomioides X. chiron nechus X. depuiseti PS X. elara PS X. fosteri PS X. isaon PS X. kaempferi PS X. libya PS X. loelia PS X. marginalis PS X. pistacina PS Xylophanes pluto X. porcus PS Xylophanes tersa tersa X. thyelia PS X. titana PS X. tyndarus PS

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