Callionima inuus
Species of moth
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Callionima inuus is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.[1]
| Callionima inuus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Callionima |
| Species: | C. inuus |
| Binomial name | |
| Callionima inuus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 | |
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Distribution
Description
The wingspan is 67–72 mm. Adults are on wing year round.
Male
Male underside
Female
Female underside
Biology
The larvae probably feed on Tabernaemontana alba and other Apocynaceae species.
