''Cephonodes'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but ...
. (''Cephanodes'' is a frequent misspelling.) The genus was erected by
Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species
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Cephonodes apus
''Cephonodes apus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Islands of Réunion and Mauritius.
The upperside of the abdomen is bicoloured, the anterior half green, the posterior half red. The upperside of the head, thorax, wing b ...
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(Boisduval, 1833)
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Cephonodes armatus''
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Cephonodes banksi''
Clark 1923
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Cephonodes hylas
''Cephonodes hylas'', the coffee bee hawkmoth, pellucid hawk moth or coffee clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. A widely distributed moth, it is found in the Near East, Middle E ...
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(Linnaeus, 1771)
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Cephonodes janus''
Miskin, 1891
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Cephonodes kingii''
(W. S. Macleay, 1826)
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Cephonodes leucogaster''
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Cephonodes lifuensis''
Rothschild, 1894
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Cephonodes novebudensis''
Clark, 1927
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Cephonodes picus''
(Cramer, 1777)
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Cephonodes rothschildi''
Rebel, 1907
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Cephonodes rufescens''
Griveaud, 1960
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Cephonodes santome''
Pierre, 2002
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Cephonodes tamsi''
Griveaud, 1960
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Cephonodes titan''
Rothschild, 1899
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Cephonodes trochilus''
(Guerin-Meneville, 1843)
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Cephonodes woodfordii''
Butler, 1889
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Cephonodes xanthus''
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Gallery
Cephonodes banksi johani MHNT CUT 2010 0 137 Punkak Palopo South Sulawesi.jpg, '' Cephonodes banksi''
Cephonodes hylas hyles MHNT CUT 2010 0 138 Mae Tha Lamphun Thailand female.jpg, ''Cephonodes hylas
''Cephonodes hylas'', the coffee bee hawkmoth, pellucid hawk moth or coffee clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. A widely distributed moth, it is found in the Near East, Middle E ...
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Cephonodes kingii MHNT CUT 2010 0 138 Cambridge Park, New South Wales Australia female.jpg, '' Cephonodes kingii''
Cephonodes picus MHNT CUT 2010 138 Aurangabad India male.jpg, '' Cephonodes picus''
References
Dilophonotini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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