Martinique, La Trinité, Presqu'île de la Caravelle, 29-VIII-84

Xylophanes chiron (Drury 1770)

ssp. lucianus (Rothschild & Jordan 1906)

Biology and distribution

Larva on Rubiaceae from hygrophilic zones (Palicourea, Psychotria, Spermacoce).

Very common in Guadeloupe and Martinique, in hygrophilic and mesophilic zones. The most abundant hawk-moth in Guadeloupe.

St-Kitts.
Throughout the Lesser Antilles (not in dry islands).
Greater Antilles: X. chiron chiron (Drury 1770).

From Mexico to Argentina: X. chiron necchus (Cramer 1779).

Legend

Similar species

Xylophanes pluto

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