Erinnyis alope, the Alope sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It lives from the northern part of South America, through Central America, up to Northern Mexico and the very south of the United States, although strays have been recorded as far north as Arkansas and Kansas.

Alope sphinx
Erinnyis alope
Erinnyis alope ♂ △
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Erinnyis
Species:
E. alope
Binomial name
Erinnyis alope
(Drury, 1770)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx alope Drury, 1773
  • Sphinx fasciata Swainson, 1823
  • Sphinx flavicans Goeze, 1780
  • Anceryx edwardsii Butler, 1881

Subspecies

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  • Erinnyis alope alope (from northern Argentina and Uruguay north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Florida, southern Texas, southern New Mexico and southern Arizona)
  • Erinnyis alope dispersa Kernbach, 1962 (Galapagos Islands)

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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