Xylophanes chiron nechus

Xylophanes chiron nechus
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(Cramer, 1777) Sphinx


Xylophanes chiron nechus, Isla Gorgona, Cauca, Colombia,
92mm, June 5, 2011, courtesy of Humberto Calero Mejia.


Xylophanes chiron nechus (verso), Isla Gorgona, Cauca, Colombia,
92mm, June 5, 2011, courtesy of Humberto Calero Mejia.

Collected as part of the project: 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, collected in Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Cauca, Colombia Cauca. 0 msnm

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839
Genus: Xylophanes Hubner [1819] ...........
Species: chiron nechus (Cramer, 1777)

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