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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
Tribus: Sphingini
Genus: Cocytius
Species: Cocytius antaeus

Name

Cocytius antaeus (Drury, 1773)

Type locality: Jamaica.

Synonymy

  • Sphinx antaeus Drury, 1773 (original combination)
  • Cocytius antaeus (Drury, 1773):
  • Sphinx annonae Shaw, 1802
  • Sphinx hydaspus Cramer, 1777
  • Sphinx iatrophae Fabricius, 1775
  • Sphinx medor Stoll, 1782
  • Amphonyx tapayusa Moore, 1883
  • Cocytius henrici Pinchon, 1969

References

Additional references

  • Eitschberger, U. 2006b. Revision der Gattungen Amphimoea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Cocytius auct. (nec Hübner, (1819)) und Neococytius Hodges, 1971 mit der Neugliederung der Gattung Cocytius auct. (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue entomologische nachrichten 59: 171–288. Reference page. 

Photos

  • silkmoths.bizland.

Vernacular names

English: Giant sphinx
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