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Xylophanes
neoptolemus
(Cramer, 1780)
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Nomenclature
Subtribe:
Choerocampina
Genus:
Xylophanes
Species:
Xylophanes
neoptolemus
(Cramer, 1780)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Die uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America
23, pl. 301, fig. F
Type data:
NEOTYPE ♂ Venezuela: Aragua, Maracay, station Rancho Grande, 30-31.viii.1983 (J. Haxaire & J.-Y. Rasplus) (BoLD BC-Hax4339) [coll. Haxaire; → BMNH]; designated by Vaglia et al., 2008, Zootaxa 1923: 30.
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Xylophanes by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 680 (key), 710.
Synonyms:
4
Media
Xylophanes neoptolemus, male, upperside. Venezuela, Tachira, Rio Frio [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, male, upperside. Venezuela, Tachira, Rio Frio [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, male, underside. Venezuela, Tachira, Rio Frio [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, male, underside. Venezuela, Tachira, Rio Frio [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, female, upperside. French Guiana, St Laurent du Maroni, Plateau des Mines [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, female, upperside. French Guiana, St Laurent du Maroni, Plateau des Mines [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, female, underside. French Guiana, St Laurent du Maroni, Plateau des Mines [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, female, underside. French Guiana, St Laurent du Maroni, Plateau des Mines [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, male, upperside. Venezuela, Tachira, Rio Frio [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, male, underside. Venezuela, Tachira, Rio Frio [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, female, upperside. French Guiana, St Laurent du Maroni, Plateau des Mines [coll. Haxaire]
Xylophanes neoptolemus, female, underside. French Guiana, St Laurent du Maroni, Plateau des Mines [coll. Haxaire]
Distribution
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
![Xylophanes neoptolemus, male, upperside. Venezuela, Tachira, Rio Frio [coll. Haxaire]](https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/sites/sphingidae.myspecies.info/files/Xylophanes_neoptolemus_JH116_male_up_edi.jpg){kind=link}
![Xylophanes neoptolemus, male, underside. Venezuela, Tachira, Rio Frio [coll. Haxaire]](https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/sites/sphingidae.myspecies.info/files/Xylophanes_neoptolemus_JH116_male_un_edi.jpg){kind=link}
![Xylophanes neoptolemus, female, upperside. French Guiana, St Laurent du Maroni, Plateau des Mines [coll. Haxaire]](https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/sites/sphingidae.myspecies.info/files/Xylophanes_neoptolemus_JH117_female_up_edi.jpg){kind=link}
![Xylophanes neoptolemus, female, underside. French Guiana, St Laurent du Maroni, Plateau des Mines [coll. Haxaire]](https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/sites/sphingidae.myspecies.info/files/Xylophanes_neoptolemus_JH117_female_un_edi.jpg){kind=link}