Published October 6, 2025
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Xylophanes chiron subsp. nechus
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
Xylophanes chiron nechus (Cramer, 1777)
General distribution. Mexico to Argentina including the Dominican Republic.
Distribution in the DR. Widespread throughout the country.
Habitat. An open-habitat Sphingidae, common in wooded areas at all elevations.
Host plants. Rubiaceae, especially in the genus Psychotria.
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 423, 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
- Xylophanes
- Species
- nechus
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Xylophanes chiron subsp. nechus (Cramer, 1777) sec. Hodecek & Haxaire, 2025