Callionima pan

Callionima pan
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Callionima
Species:	C. pan
Binomial name
	Callionima pan; (Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
	Sphinx pan Cramer, 1779; Calliomma pan neivai Oiticica Filho, 1940;

Callionima pan is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was originally described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.[1]

Distribution

It is found from Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica through Venezuela to southern Brazil.[2]

Description

The wingspan is about 64 mm. There are probably two to three generations per year, with adults on wing from April to June and from October to January in Costa Rica.

Female dorsal
Female ventral

Biology

The larvae probably feed on Apocynaceae species.

Subspecies

Callionima pan pan
Callionima pan neivai Oiticica Filho, 1940 (Brazil)

References

"Callionima pan (Cramer, 1779) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
"Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2002-09-06. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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[1] "Callionima pan (Cramer, 1779) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2002-09-06. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.