''Xylophanes amadis'' is large

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 ...

of the Family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found in

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, and westward through

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

and

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

Description

The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is about 80 mm. The abdomen has no dorsal median line and the subdorsal lines are represented only by small dark green spots on the posterior margins of the tergites. The forewing upperside is deep green. The basal black patch is present on the inner edge and two thin, dark green antemedian lines are present, curving from the inner margin to the costa. There is a single prominent, dark green, slightly sigmoid, postmedian line running from the inner margin to the apex, shading off distally, sharply defined basally by a pale border. Anterior to this line are the vestiges of two or three other postmedian lines, either very thin and evenly curved or represented only by vein spots. The submarginal line is also represented only by a series of vein spots. The discal spot is small, black and sharply defined. Xylophanes amadis MHNT CUT 2010 0 248 Ecuador Napo male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal
(coll. MHNT) Xylophanes amadis MHNT CUT 2010 0 248 Ecuador Napo male ventral.jpg, Male ventral
(coll. MHNT) Xylophanes amadis MHNT CUT 2010 0 252 French Guyana Female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal
(coll. MHNT) Xylophanes amadis MHNT CUT 2010 0 252 French Guyana Female ventral.jpg, Female ventral
(coll. MHNT)

References

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''Xylophanes amadis amadis''
Sphingidae of the Americas amadis Moths described in 1782 Sphingidae of South America Taxa named by Caspar Stoll {{Xylophanes-stub