Aellopos
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Aellopos is a genus of butterflies from the family of swarmers (Sphingidae).
features
The small butterflies have a brown basic color with a white pattern of varying intensity on the wings . Newly hatched adults have an almost black base color, with a slightly iridescent green and pink shade. Their body is stocky, with most species there is a conspicuous silvery-white band on the back of the fourth abdominal segment. The antennae are short and curved like a hook at their tips. The species in the genus are very similar and can easily be confused.
Occurrence and way of life
The genus is particularly common in tropical America . Three species, Aellopos titan , Aellopos clavipes and Aellopos tantalus also occur in the southernmost areas of the United States, a fourth species, Aellopos fadus, is known there as a regular errant .
Systematics
Six species of the genus are known worldwide:
- Aellopos blaini Herrich-Schäffer, [1869]
- Aellopos ceculus (Cramer, 1777)
- Aellopos clavipes ( Rothschild & Jordan , 1903)
- Aellopos fadus (Cramer, 1775)
- Aellopos tantalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aellopos titan (Cramer, 1777)
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b James P. Tuttle: The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada . The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-0-9796633-0-7 .
- ^ Ian J. Kitching, Jean-Marie Cadiou: Hawkmoths of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Cornell University Press, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8014-3734-2
literature
- James P. Tuttle: The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada , The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-0-9796633-0-7 .
