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Telchin syphax

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Species of moth

Telchin syphax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Telchin
Species: T. syphax
Binomial name
Telchin syphax
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio syphax Fabricius, 1775
  • Erythrocastnia syphax
  • Papilio harmodius Cramer,
  • Castnia pirrha Dalla Torre, 1913
  • Erythrocastnia syphax ab. interrupta Lathy, 1922

Telchin syphax is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is widely distributed in the Amazon basin in South America.

The wingspan is 100–130 mm.

Subspecies

  • Telchin syphax syphax (Surinam, the Guianas, Venezuela, Trinidad)
  • Telchin syphax completa (Lathy, 1922) (Brazil)

References

  1. Telchin at funet
  2. Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from Venezuela. III: Genera represented by only one known species. Diagnosis and comments Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
Taxon identifiers
Telchin syphax


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