Amphonyx mephisto courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Amphonyx Poey, 1832 ........... Species: mephisto Haxaire & Vaglia 2003

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DISTRIBUTION:

Amphonyx mephisto (Wing span: ), flies from southern Brazil, the specimen type locality, to Paraguay and Argentina. This species is now listed as Amphonyx mephisto, but was once classified as a Cocytius species, and probably will be listed as Cocytius mephisto for some time. Recently Amphonyx has been resurrected as a genus due to significant differences in genitalia between Cocytius and Amphonyx species.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Amphonyx mephisto adults probably nectar at flowers

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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