Cocytius duponchel

DISTRIBUTION: Mexico to Argentina; Antilles.
TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba.
BELIZE RECORDS: Greenhills.
METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION: illustrated in colour by d’Abrera (1986) p.23 and by Hodges (1971) plate 1, fig. 2. N.B. Can be separated from the closely related C. antaeus Drury as the latter has toothlike projections from the terminal shading into the hyaline spaces between the hindwing veins.
NOTES: The larva feeds on various Annonaceae.

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