Sphingidae of Colombia

Although I believe these checklists contain only species within Colombia, I fully expect there are omissions. I have assembled this list from what I feel are valid checklists for Venezuela (v), Ecuador (e), Panama (p) and Costa Rica (cr) and have included species common to any two of those countries.

I have also added species confirmed from northwestern Brazil (br) near the border with Colombia: Querari in Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil, even if they were only reported in Brazil.

Those species followed by ?? are confirmed from only one of the above listed countries and may or may not be in Colombia.

I am probably missing many endemics from Colombia, but will work on including them during the month of June (2010). Species confirmed for Colombia are followed by (C).

If you have corrections to offer, please contact
Bill Oehlke.

Many thanks to Rodrigo Torres Núñez who has begun (July 2010) to send me digital images from the region of Sumapaz, near Bogotá.
His confirmations are indicated by *.

Many thanks also to Greg Nielsen who has begun (February 6, 2011) to send me images and complete data. I am confirming his sightings with GN.

Hemeroplanes triptolemus, Km 13 via Acacias, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, 500m,
04°03’55.0 N 073°41’87.0 W, January 19, 2011, lfw=38mm, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen.

Many thanks also to Joakim Johansson (JJ) who has been sending images and data from Colombia.

Many thanks also to Humberto Calero Mejia who has sent recto and verso images of Pachylia syces from Cali, Valle del Cauca. He has also provided images from Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Isla Gorgona, Cauca, Colombia. Isla Gorgona is about 35 kilometers west of the pacific Coast of Colombia. These images are part of a project called Evaluación del estado actual de los objetos de conservación faunísticos en Isla Gorgona: una aproximación holística a la valoración ecológica de Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona: E phorbas: June 3 2011; E. anchemolus: May 27 2011; A. walkeri: June 1 2011; A. duponchel: May 31 2011.

Additional images sent are recto and verso for Callionima pan 28 May 2011; Callionima nomius 3 June 2011; Xylophanes chiron nechus 5 June 2011; Aellopos titan 31 May 2011.

Many thanks to Janet Zinn who has sent beautiful images of Xylophanes pyrrhus and an undescribed species which I have temporarily posted to the Xylophanes letiranti file.

Sphingini Ag. cingulatus vep* Am. walkeri HCM Coc. antaeus br C. beelzebuth vebr C. duponchel HCM C. lucifer vepbr C. macasensis e?? C. mortuorum ebr Eu.. albostigmata C Euryglottis aper ve Eu. davidianus e?? Eu. dognini ve M. albiplaga vepbr Lint. merops GN Mand. andicola e?? Mand. camposi e?? M. da. dalica vebr M. di. tropicalis v?? Man. extrema ve M. florestan vepbr Man. hannibal ve Man. huascara JH M. lanuginosa ve Man. lefeburei ve Man. leucospila ve Man. lucetius br Man. mossi e?? Man. neglecta e?? Man. ochus ve Man. pellenia br Man. rustica vepbr Man. schausi wo? Man. scutata ve M. sexta paphus br Man. s. sexta ?? Man. trimacula ve Man. vestalis vebr Neo. cluentius GN*

Smerinthini Adhemar. daphne ? Adh. dentoni e?? A. gannascus Adh. germanus* posssibly same as gannascus Adh. palmeri vepbr Adh. sexoculatus ve A. tigri. coronata C A. tigrina tigrina JJ Adh. ypsilon vebr O. venedictoff. cre Prot. euryalus ph Prot. eurycles epbr Prot. goeldii ep P. s. strigilis GN *

Dilophonotini Aellopos ceculus C Aellopos clavipes ve Aellopos fadus ve A. t. tantalus ?? Aellopos titan GN Aleur. carinata ve Al. chloro. vebr Aleuron iphis vebr Al. neglectum vebr C. calliomenae vep Cal. denticulata ve Cal. inuus vepbr Cal. nomius HCM Callion. pan HCM Cal. p. parce vep Enyo bathus ?? Enyo cavifer C Enyo gorgon vebr E. lugubris vepbr Enyo ocypete GN Enyo taedium vep Erinnyis alope GN Er. crameri GN * E. domingonis vp Erinnyis ello GN * E. impunctata vp E. lassauxi vep* Erin. obscura GN E. oenotrus GN * E. venustum br Eupyrr. corvus ve Eupyrr. sagra vep Hemerop. diffusa C H. longistriga ?? Hem. ornatus vep H. triptolemus GN Isog. allamande br Isog. c. caricae GN Isog. excelsior br Isog. leachi vepbr I. occidentalis br I. r. rimosa br Isog. scyron GN I. swainsoni vebr M. b. bubastus vep Mad. o. oiclus vep M. p. pluton. vepbr Nyc. coffeae vep Nyceryx ericea vep Nyc. hyposticta ve Nyceryx lunaris e Nyceryx magna ?? Nyc. maxwelli ve N. n. nictitans ?? Nyceryx riscus vep Nyc. stuarti vepbr Nyceryx tacita vep O. achemenides ve Oryba kadeni ve Pa. caliginosa GN Pachy. drucei ep Pachy. hopfferi ep Pachy. martini ep Pachy. odile e?? Pachy. ribbei ep Pa. subhamata vep Pach. darceta RB Pachylia ficus GN P. s. syces HCM P. resumens GN * Perigonia ilus vep Perigonia lusca GN Perig. stulta vep Phryxus caicus GN Pseudo. tetrio GN * Stolidoptera cadioui Stolid. tachasara vp Unzela j. japix vebr Unz. p. pronoë vebr

Philampelini Eum. adamsi ve E. anchem. HCM* E. capronn. vepbr Eumorpha cissi JJ Eum. drucei e?? E. megaeacus ?? E. fasciatus vepbr* E. labruscae GN E. macasensis e?? E. obliqua vep E. phorbas HCM E. satellitia ep E. s. licaon v?? E. triangulum vep Eum. vitis vepbr

Macroglossini Hyles lineata vep Xylophanes acrus p X. am. amadis br Xyl. anubus vepbr X. aristor ve X. c. nechus HCM X. ceratomio. RB X. chiron chiron ?? X. columbiana C Xyl. cosmius e Xyl. crotonis vep X. cyrene p Xyl. docilis e Xyl. fernandezi v? Xyl. fusimac. vebr X. guianens. RB Xyl. huloti Xyl. letiranti JH?? Xylophanes libya ve Xyl. loelia GN Xyl. macasensis e X. m. maculat. vep X. mac. wolfi e Xyl. media ve Xyl. mirabilis C X. neoptolemus vp X. pistacina vepbr Xyl. pluto vepbr X. p. continent. GN Xyl. pyrrhus JZ Xyl. resta vp X. rhodochlora ?* Xyl. rothschildi Ce X, rufescens vbr Xyl. schwartzi e Xyl. tersa GN Xyl. thyelia vepbr Xyl. titana vep Xyl. turbata vp Xyl. tyndarus vep Xyl. undata br Xyl. virescens>i> Xyl. xylobotes ?? Xyl. zurcheri ??

The following species are recorded in Venezuela, but not recorded in Ecuador. They might be present in eastern Colombia:
Cocytius antaeus
Euryglottis johannes
M. corallina
M. d. tropicalis vp
Manduca dilucida
Manduca empusa
Manduca fosteri
M. franciscae
Manduca lichenea
Manduca perplexa
M. s. paphus vp
P. sulphurea
Baniwa yavitensis ??
Callionima falcifera
Eupyrrhoglossum venustum
Isognathus allamandae
Isognathus excelsior
I. menechus
I. mossi fabiane ?
I. rimosa papayae
Isognathus tepuyensis
Kloneus babayaga
Perigonia pallida
Perigonia pittieri
X. alvarezsierrai
X. a. amadis
X. amadis meridanus
Xylophanes aristor
Xylophanes brevis
Xylophanes clarki ??
Xylophanes elara
X. fernandezi
X. germen yurakano
X. haxairei
X. p. porcus
Xylophanes resta
Xylophanes rufescens
Xylophanes sarae
Xylophanes schausi
X. tersa chaconi

The following species are listed from Panama and might be in northern Colombia:
C. antaeus medor
Manduca lichenea
Adhemarius tigrina

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