Callionima

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Callionima
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Callionima parce
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subtribe: Dilophonotina
Genus: Callionima
H. Lucas, 1857
Species

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Synonyms
  • CalliommaWalker, 1856
  • EucheryxBoisduval, 1875

Callionima is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1857. [1]

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Species

names brought to synonymy

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Callionima Lucas, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2018.