Amphonyx lucifer
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Amphonyx |
| Species: | A. lucifer |
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Amphonyx lucifer (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) |
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Amphonyx lucifer is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
It is found in tropical and subtropical lowlands from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, south through Venezuela to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.
The wingspan is 140–160 mm.
Female, face dorsal MHNT
Female, ventral MHNT
Adults are on wing year round. They nectar at flowers
The larvae feed on Annona purpurea and Desmopsis schippii and probably other Annonaceae species. They are clear green and white or blue-green. The prepupa is green with a rose stripe down its back.
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