Aellopos
For the characters from Greek mythology see Aello.
Aellopos | |
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Aellopos titan, adult | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subfamily: | Macroglossinae |
Genus: | Aellopos Hübner, 1819 |
The genus Aellopos consists of large day-flying species in the family Sphingidae. Species in this genus occur from Maine in the United States through Central America and down to Argentina and Uruguay in South America.
Species
- Aellopos blaini (Herrich-Schaffer, 1869)
- Aellopos ceculus (Cramer, 1777)
- Aellopos clavipes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) – Clavipes Sphinx Moth
- Aellopos fadus (Cramer, 1775) – Fadus Sphinx Moth
- Aellopos tantalus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tantalus Sphinx Moth
- Aellopos titan (Cramer, 1777) – Titan Sphinx Moth
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