Erinnyis lassauxii

Erinnyis lassauxii, or Lassaux's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Lassaux's sphinx
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Erinnyis
Species:	E. lassauxii
Binomial name
Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
Anceryx lassauxii Boisduval, 1859 Anceryx janiphae Boisduval, 1875 Anceryx omphaleae Boisduval, 1870 Anceryx piperis Schaufuss, 1870 Dilophonota cercyon Burmeister, 1878 Erinnyis merianae Grote, 1865

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