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Mango Hawkmoth

Amplypterus panopus

Photo by Juan Manuel
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Great sphinx, wingspan longer than 90 mm
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Amplypterus
Species: A. panopus
Binomial name
Amplypterus panopus
(Cramer, 1779)

Habitat:

Tropical wood, lowland

Notes:

Synonyms

Sphinx panopus Cramer, [1779]
Calymnia panopus (Cramer, [1779])
Composogene panopus (Cramer, [1779])
Calymnia pavonica Moore, 1877

Species ID Suggestions

Sphinx Moth

Amplypterus panopus

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