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Proserpinus (Hawkmoth)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Proserpinus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, the sphinx moths or hawk moths. Species of the genus are native to North America with the exception of P. proserpinus, which has a much larger range extending from Asia to Africa. There are seven species. Arctonotus lucidus may be included as P. lucidus. Species include:
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Species

Proserpinus clarkiae (Clark's sphinx)
Proserpinus flavofasciata (yellow-banded day sphinx)
Proserpinus gaurae (Proud Sphinx)
Proserpinus juanita (Juanita Sphinx)
Proserpinus lucidus (Pacific green sphinx)
Proserpinus proserpina (Hawkmoth)
Proserpinus terlooii (Terloo Sphinx)
Proserpinus vega (Proserpinus vega)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0