Oryba achemenides

Oryba achemenides
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Oryba
Species:	O. achemenides
Binomial name
	Oryba achemenides; (Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
	Sphinx achemenides Cramer, 1779; Oryba robusta Walker, 1856; Oryba juliane Eitschberger, 2000 ;

Oryba achemenides is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from Central America to the Amazon region, including Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia.^[2]

Description

The wingspan is 100–120 mm. It is a large, heavy-bodied and large-eyed species with a dark green upperside and orange underside. The marginal band of the forewing upperside is much narrower than the distance between this area and the distal margin of the dark olive-green median trapezoidal area. There are no distinct bands on the hindwing upperside.

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Biology

There are probably multiple generations per year.

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-08-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-08-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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