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Taxonomy
Xylophanes
ploetzi
(Möschler, 1876)
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Nomenclature
Subtribe:
Choerocampina
Genus:
Xylophanes
Species:
Xylophanes
ploetzi
(Möschler, 1876)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam
350
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ Surinam [MNHU].
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Xylophanes by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 677 (key), 681.
Nomenclature notes:
The original orthography was "plötzi".
Synonyms:
2
Media
Xylophanes ploetzi, male, upperside. Venezuela, La Vuelta, Caura R.
Xylophanes ploetzi, male, upperside. Venezuela, La Vuelta, Caura R.
Xylophanes ploetzi, male, underside. Venezuela, La Vuelta, Caura R.
Xylophanes ploetzi, male, underside. Venezuela, La Vuelta, Caura R.
Xylophanes ploetzi, female, upperside. Guyana, Rio Demerera
Xylophanes ploetzi, female, upperside. Guyana, Rio Demerera
Xylophanes ploetzi, female, underside. Guyana, Rio Demerera
Xylophanes ploetzi, female, underside. Guyana, Rio Demerera
Xylophanes ploetzi, male, upperside. Venezuela, La Vuelta, Caura R.
Xylophanes ploetzi, male, underside. Venezuela, La Vuelta, Caura R.
Xylophanes ploetzi, female, upperside. Guyana, Rio Demerera
Xylophanes ploetzi, female, underside. Guyana, Rio Demerera
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
