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Isognathus swainsonii
Isognathus swainsonii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from French Guiana, Peru and Brazil to Bolivia.
From the article Isognathus swainsonii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is about 82 mm. It is similar to Isognathus leachii, but the forewing upperside has more white scaling, there are interrupted white vein-streaks on the distal half of the wing, the basal patch is thinner and the marginal spots at the ends of veins are larger and paler grey.
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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 560292.