Amphonyx Lucifer

Amphonyx lucifer
	Upperside
	Underside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Amphonyx
Species:	A. lucifer
Binomial name
	Amphonyx lucifer; (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Synonyms
	Gehlen, 1944 Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 ; Cocytius macasensis Cocytius lucifer; Clark, 1922 Cocytius lucifer lindneri;

Short description: Species of moth

Amphonyx lucifer is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.^[2]

Distribution

It is found in tropical and subtropical lowlands from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, south through Venezuela to Brazil , Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.^[3]

Description

The wingspan is 140–160 mm.

Female, upperside
Female, underside

Biology

Adults are on wing year round. They nectar at flowers.

The larvae feed on Annona purpurea and Desmopsis schippii and probably other Annonaceae species. They are clear green and white or blue-green. The prepupa is green with a rose stripe down its back.

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20121114063348/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Amphonyx/lucifer.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ Savela, Markku. "Cocytius lucifer (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/sphinginae/cocytius/#lucifer. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2002-09-07. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/cluciluc.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

Wikidata ☰ Q1375435 entry

0.00

(0 votes)

[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20121114063348/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Amphonyx/lucifer.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Cocytius lucifer (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/sphinginae/cocytius/#lucifer. Retrieved December 31, 2018.

[3] "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2002-09-07. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/cluciluc.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01.