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

Erinnyis crameri (Schaus 1898)

Sphingidae Macroglossinae

Detail of the hindwings

Erinnyis crameri
Erinnyis oenotrus

Biology and distribution

Larva on Tabernaemontana spp. in Puerto-Rico and Brazil (Apocynaceae). Might live on T. citrifolia L. in the French Antilles (Pinchon).

Rare, in Guadeloupe and Martinique, in xerophilic zone.
Marie-Galante.

St-Lucia (Pinchon).
Greater Antilles.

From southern United States to Paraguay.

Legend

Similar species

Erinnyis oenotrus (border shaded off on hindwings).
Erinnyis alope (abdomen with dark patches).
Erinnyis lassauxi (abdomen with dark patches).

Back to the list of Sphingidae