Aellopos

For the characters from Greek mythology see Aello.

Aellopos
A. titan titan in flight
The Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Genus: Aellopos
Hübner, 1819

The genus Aellopos consists of large day-flying species in the family Sphingidae. Species in this genus occur from Maine in the United States through Central America and down to Argentina and Uruguay in South America.

Species

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