| Callionima pan | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Callionima |
| Species: | C. pan |
| Binomial name | |
| Callionima pan (Cramer, 1779) | |
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Callionima pan is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was originally described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.[1]
Distribution
It is found from Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica through Venezuela to southern Brazil.[2]
Description
The wingspan is about 64 mm. There are probably two to three generations per year, with adults on wing from April to June and from October to January in Costa Rica.
Female dorsal
Female ventral
Biology
The larvae probably feed on Apocynaceae species.
Subspecies
- Callionima pan pan
- Callionima pan neivai Oiticica Filho, 1940 (Brazil)
References
- ↑ "Callionima pan (Cramer, 1779) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2002-09-06. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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