| Oryba | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subtribe: | Dilophonotina |
| Genus: | Oryba Walker, 1856 |
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Oryba is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
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