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Aellopos
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Aellopos

The genus Aellopos consists of large day-flying moths in the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species in this genus occur from Maine in the United States through Central America and down to Argentina and Uruguay in South America.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Titan Sphinx

speciesAellopos titan

Clavipes Sphinx

speciesAellopos clavipes

Fadus Sphinx

speciesAellopos fadus

Aellopos ceculus

speciesAellopos ceculus

Tantalus Sphinx

speciesAellopos tantalus

Aellopos blaini

speciesAellopos blaini

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143453.