Published October 6, 2025
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Manduca paphus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy, University Centre of Legal Medicine, CH- 1000, Lausanne, Switzerland & Museum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Palais de Rumine, Place de la Riponne 6, CH- 1014, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2. Sphingidae Museum of Czech Republic (SMCR), 261 01 Příbram, Czech Republic & " Le Roc " F. 47310 Laplume, France
Description
Manduca paphus (Cramer, 1779)
General distribution. Central and South America, including Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.
Distribution in the DR. Widespread throughout the country.
Habitat. The insect is more common in low-lying open areas, including semi-desert environments.
Host plants. Solanaceae and (exceptionally) Asteraceae.
Remarks. Previously referred to as Manduca sexta jamaicensis, this taxon was synonymized with Manduca paphus by Haxaire & Mielke (2020).
Notes
Published as part of Hodecek, Jiri & Haxaire, Jean, 2025, A revised and annotated checklist of the hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of the Dominican Republic, with new records and distribution maps of chosen species, pp. 401-427 in Zootaxa 5701 (4) on page 403, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17326170
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Cramer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Manduca
- Species
- paphus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Manduca paphus (Cramer, 1779) sec. Hodecek & Haxaire, 2025