Aellopos tantalus

Distribution: southern USA to Paraguay.
Type locality: 'Tropical America'.
Synonyms: Sphinx ixion Linnaeus 1758; Sphinx zonata Drury 1773; Sphinx terpunctata Goeze 1780; Macroglossa sisyphus Burmeister 1856.
E. Caribbean records: St. Lucia; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Martin; St. Bart's; Dominica; Barbados.
Grenadines records: Union (Daudin, Nov. 1985); Union (E.U. Exp.).
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by d'Abrera (1986) p. 111.
Notes: this species flies by day.

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