Manduca violaalba, Brazil, courtesy of Eurides Furtado.
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
This species should be easy to identify due to almost completely uniform dark grey-brown almost black ground colour of the forewings. Markings are dark black and distinct and there usually is a small white dot in the cell area.
The hindwing is white with a dark, dentate band along the outer margin.
Manduca violaalba male, Burity, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
courtesy of Ian Kitching, myspecies website.
Manduca violaalba, 73mm, Brazil, courtesy of Jean Haxaire
Manduca violaalba, 83mm, Brazil, courtesy of Jean Haxaire
Manduca violaalba, 81mm, Brazil, courtesy of Jean Haxaire
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