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Species found in: 
Guadeloupe (and dependencies). 
Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Smerinthinae Protambulyx strigilis LinnaeusSphinginae Agrius cingulatus Fabricius Neococytius cluentius Cramer Cocytius duponchel Poey Cocytius antaeus Drury Manduca sexta Linnaeus Manduca rustica FabriciusMacroglossinae Pseudosphinx tetrio Linnaeus Erinnyis alope Drury Erinnyis lassauxi Boisduval Erinnyis ello Linnaeus Erinnyis oenotrus Cramer Erinnyis crameri Schaus Erinnyis obscura Fabricius Pachylia ficus Linnaeus
Pachylia syces Hübner Madoryx oiclus Cramer Enyo lugubris Fabricius Enyo ocypete Linnaeus Cautethia noctuiformis Walker Perigonia lusca Fabricius Aellopos tantalus Linnaeus Aellopos fadus Cramer Eumorpha obliqua Rothschild and Jordan Eumorpha vitis Linnaeus Eumorpha fasciata Sulzer Eumorpha labruscae Linnaeus Xylophanes pluto Fabricius Xylophanes chiron Drury Xylophanes tersa Drury Hyles lineata Fabricius
Several studies deal with the Sphingidae of the French Antilles.
Much of the data about the hawk-moths of the Antilles was drawn from the book by R. Pinchon and P. Enrico, 1969.
Faune des Antilles Françaises. Les Papillons, Fort de France 258 pp.. The chapter on Sphingidae was written
by P. Pinchon, it includes data on host-plants and Caribbean distribution, with 3 photographic plates of poor quality.
This work lists 31 species, but 2 of them are considered by ourselves as extreme morphs of already listed species
(Perigonia lefebraei and Cocytius henrici).
A systematic list has been previously published by d'Aguilar (d'Aguilar J., 1966. Catalogue raisonné des insectes des Antilles Françaises, 1 Lépidoptères: Sphingidae.
Ann. Epiphyties, 17: 251-262.) which describes specimens from the INRA collection. This catalogue contains line
drawings (by R. Préchac) and cites 28 species.
The most recent work is the catalogue by Chalumeau and Delplanque: Chalumeau F. and Delplanque A., 1974.
Catalogue raisonné des Sphingidae des Antilles Françaises. Bull. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 43 (4): 121-128 and 43 (5): 156-167.
This work cites 33 species, adding Aellopos fadus in the French Antilles fauna, with the
description of a new subspecies from Guadeloupe: Eumorpha obliqua guadelupensis.
The hawk-moths described in our Catalogue have been identified by Mr. Jean Haxaire. One species, Cauthetia noctuiformis, was not previously recorded in the work of Chalumeau and Delplanque, and 3 species fall in synonymy.
The host-plant records in the French Antilles are generally drawn from Pinchon and Enrico, 1969. Other records on
host-plants in continental America can be found in Moss A.M., 1920. Sphingidae of Para, Brazil.
Novit. Zool. 27: 333-424, or Haxaire J. and Rasplus J.Y., 1986-1987. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae de
Guyane Française. Bull. Soc. entomol. France. Part 1: 1986 91: 275-285. Part 2: 1987 92: 45-55.
The plant names follow the book by Fournet, J. 1978.
Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et Martinique, 1654 pp., INRA Paris.
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