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Hunter Hawkmoths
Theretra
Theretra is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was established by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

White-banded Hunter Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra oldenlandiae

Yam Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra nessus

Brown-Banded Hunter Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra silhetensis

Pale Brown Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra latreillii

Lucas's Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra lucasii

Theretra japonica
speciesTheretra japonica

Common Hunter Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra clotho

Levant Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra alecto

Tryon's Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra tryoni

Cape Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra capensis

white-edged hunter hawkmoth
speciesTheretra pallicosta

Theretra celata
speciesTheretra celata

Boisduval's Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra boisduvalii

Theretra indistincta
speciesTheretra indistincta

Creamstripe Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra cajus
Theretra margarita
speciesTheretra margarita

Theretra rhesus
speciesTheretra rhesus

Suffused Hunter Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra suffusa

Theretra tibetiana
speciesTheretra tibetiana

White-edged Hunter Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra lycetus

Theretra queenslandi
speciesTheretra queenslandi

Theretra orpheus
speciesTheretra orpheus

Theretra sumatrensis
speciesTheretra sumatrensis

Theretra inornata
speciesTheretra inornata

Theretra turneri
speciesTheretra turneri

Theretra manilae
speciesTheretra manilae

Theretra monteironis
speciesTheretra monteironis

Faintly-marked Hunter Hawkmoth
speciesTheretra gnoma

Theretra polistratus
speciesTheretra polistratus

Theretra radiosa
speciesTheretra radiosa

Theretra shendurneensis
speciesTheretra shendurneensis

Theretra insularis
speciesTheretra insularis

Theretra insignis
speciesTheretra insignis

Theretra perkeo
speciesTheretra perkeo

Theretra sugii
speciesTheretra sugii

Theretra viridis
speciesTheretra viridis

Theretra dominikae
speciesTheretra dominikae

Theretra hausmanni
speciesTheretra hausmanni

Theretra jugurtha
speciesTheretra jugurtha

Theretra lifuensis
speciesTheretra lifuensis

Theretra acuta
speciesTheretra acuta

Theretra griseomarginata
speciesTheretra griseomarginata
Theretra tomasi
speciesTheretra tomasi

Theretra tessmanni
speciesTheretra tessmanni
Theretra malgassica
speciesTheretra malgassica
Theretra ankae
speciesTheretra ankae
Theretra rezaci
speciesTheretra rezaci
Theretra mothironi
speciesTheretra mothironi
Theretra maranguensis
speciesTheretra maranguensis
Theretra yulia
speciesTheretra yulia
Theretra tabubilensis
speciesTheretra tabubilensis
Theretra muricolor
speciesTheretra muricolor
Theretra natashae
speciesTheretra natashae
Theretra molops
speciesTheretra molops
Theretra improvisa
speciesTheretra improvisa
Theretra gala
speciesTheretra gala
Theretra eitschbergeri
speciesTheretra eitschbergeri
Theretra catherinae
speciesTheretra catherinae
Theretra detonnancourorum
speciesTheretra detonnancourorum

Theretra incarnata
speciesTheretra incarnata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 52005.