Erinnyis lassauxii

Lassaux's sphinx
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Erinnyis
Species:	E. lassauxii
Binomial name
	Erinnyis lassauxii; (Boisduval, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
	Anceryx lassauxii Boisduval, 1859; Anceryx janiphae Boisduval, 1875; Anceryx omphaleae Boisduval, 1870; Anceryx piperis Schaufuss, 1870; Dilophonota cercyon Burmeister, 1878; Erinnyis merianae Grote, 1865;

Erinnyis lassauxii, or Lassaux's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Description

The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1859. It lives from northern Argentina, through Central America, and into the lower United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona).

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Lassaux's sphinx Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

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