| Lassaux's sphinx | |
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| Male ventral | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Erinnyis |
| Species: | E. lassauxii |
| Binomial name | |
| Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859) | |
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Erinnyis lassauxii, or Lassaux's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Description
The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1859. It lives from northern Argentina, through Central America, and into the lower United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona).
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Female dorsal
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Female ventral
References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links
- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Lassaux's sphinx Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
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| Erinnyis lassauxii |
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