Cocytius antaeus

Male

Female

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: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: 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. [1]

Vernacular names

English: Giant sphinx