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Cocytius Hübner, [1819]
Cocytius Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 140, TS: Sphinx antaeus
Amphonyx Poey, 1832; Centurie Lèpid. Cuba: Num. [5], TS: Amphonyx duponchel
Ancistrognathus Wallengren, 1858; Öfvers. Vet. Akad. Förh. 15 : 138, TS: Sphinx antaeus
Amphonyx ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 17
Cocytius (Sphinginae) ; [MABL]
Cocytius (Sphingini) ; [HMW, 18]
Cocytius antaeus (Drury, 1773)
Texas, Florida, CA, Venezuela, Ecuador. See [About maps] Giant Sphinx
Sphinx antaeus Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2 : 25, pl. 25, fig. 1, TL: Jamaica
Sphinx jatrophae Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 538, TL: America
= ; [HMW]
Sphinx iatrophae; (spell?)
Sphinx hydaspus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 149 (index), pl. 118, f. A, TL: Surinam
= ; [HMW]
Sphinx medor Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4: ?16, TL: Surinam
= ; [HMW]
annonae (Shaw, 1802)
= ; [HMW]
henrici Pinchon, 1969
= ; [HMW]
tapayusa (Moore, 1883)
= ; [HMW]
Cocytius antaeus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Cocytius antaeus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Cocytius antaeus, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Cocytius antaeus, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Cocytius antaeus, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Amphonyx medor ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 17
Cocytius antaeus ; [HMW]; [MABL]

Larva on Annona glabra [MNA21]

Cocytius beelzebuth (Boisduval, [1875])
Ecuador. See [About maps] beelzebuth (Boisduval, [1875]); , TL: Brazil
Cocytius beelzebuth ; [HMW]
Cocytius duponchel (Poey, 1832)
CA, Venezuela, Ecuador. See [About maps] Duponchel's Sphinx
Amphonyx duponchel Poey, 1832; Centurie Lèpid. Cuba: ?, TL: Cuba
Amphonyx godartii Boisduval, [1875]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères, 1 : 65, TL: Minas Geraes, Brazil
Amphonyx rivularis Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 11, TL: Ega, Upper Amazon (Brazil)
Cocytius affinis Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 92, TL: Costa Rica
roseus Gehlen, 1928
musgravei Cary, 1955
Cocytius duponchel, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Cocytius duponchel, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Amphonyx rivularis ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 18
Amphonyx duponcheli ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 17
Cocytius duponchel ; [HMW]; [MABL]

Larva on Annonaceae [MNA21]

Cocytius lucifer (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Mexico, Ecuador. See [About maps] lucifer (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903); , TL: Jalapa, Mexico
Cocytius lucifer lindneri Gehlen, 1944; Ent. Z. 57: 165
= ; [HMW]
Cocytius macasensis Clark, 1922; , TL: Macas
= ; [HMW]
Cocytius lucifer ; [HMW]; [MABL]
Cocytius mephisto Haxaire & Vaglia, 2002
Cocytius mephisto Haxaire & Vaglia, 2002; Lambillionea 102 (4, I): 481, f. 10-12, TL: Brazil, Satna Catarina, Sao Bento do Sul, Corupa
Cocytius mortuorum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Ecuador. See [About maps] mortuorum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; , TL: Alliancca, Rio Madeira
Cocytius mortuorum ; [HMW]
Cocytius vitrinus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Cocytius vitrinus ; [HMW]

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[GALEPS]
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[HMW]
Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
[MABL]
Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México
[MNA21]
Ronald W. Hodges, 1971; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 21; SPHINGOIDEA
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[Pierre Zagatti]
WWW pages; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti

Some related literature:
Boisduval, [1875]
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres Hétérocéres. Tome Premier. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères, 1 : 1-568, pl. 1-11
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Drury, 1773
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2 : 1-90, pl. 1-50
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp
Gehlen, 1944
Neue Sphingiden Ent. Z. 57: 165-166
Godman & Salvin, 1881
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Haxaire & Vaglia, 2002
Description d'un nouveau Sphingidae du sud-est Bresilien: Cocytius mephisto Lambillionea 102 (4, I): 481-486
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Poey, 1832
Centurie de Lépidoptères de l'ile de Cuba contenat la description et les figures coloriées de cent espèces de papillons nouveaux ou peu connus, réprésentés d'après nature, souvent avec la chenille, la chrysalide, et plusieurs détails microscopiques Centurie Lèpid. Cuba : [1-54], pl. [1-20]
Rothschild, 1894
Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 65-98, pl. 5-7
Stoll, [1782]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)
Wallengren, 1858
Nya Fjärilslägten Öfvers. Vet. Akad. Förh. 15 : 75-84,135-142,209-215

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