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Updated as per
AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, October 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Vladimir Izersky (Coviriali, Junin, Peru, 662m, ), February 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Jose Ramon Alvaraez Corral (Sierra de Lema, Bolivar, Venezuela, September, 1090m); May 27, 2012 Updated as per personal communication with Anna & Frank West; April 13, 2022 |
Nyceryx continua cratera, Coviriali, Junin, Peru,
November 19, 2008, 662m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
It is probably the nominate subspecies that flies in Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.
Nyceryx continua cratera female,
Caranavi, Bolivia, CATE, courtesy of Ian Kitching; CC.
Peter Bruce-Jones reports a June flight in Shima, Junin, Peru. Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral reports a September flight in Venezuela.
Nyceryx continua cratera, 61mm, Sierra de Lema, Bolivar, Venezuela,
September, 1090m, courtesy of Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral.
Nyceryx continua cratera, 61mm, verso, Sierra de Lema, Bolivar, Venezuela,
September, 1090m, courtesy of Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral.
Nyceryx continua cratera male, Shima, Junin, Peru,
June 15, 2010, 700m, courtesy of Peter Bruce-Jones.
Nyceryx continua cratera, 60mm, near Oxapampa, Pasco, Peru,
July 2015, courtesy of Anna & Frank West
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