Nyceryx

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Dilophonotini
Subtribus: Dilophonotina
Genus: Nyceryx
Species: N. ericea – N. eximia – N. furtadoi – N. janzeni – N. magna – N. mielkei – N. riscus – N. stuarti – N. tacita
Name

Nyceryx Boisduval, 1875 in Boisduval & Guenée.

Type species: Ambulyx hyposticta Felder, 1874
References
Additional references

Haxaire, J. 1996: Description d'un nouveau Sphingidae brésilien: Nyceryx furtadoi n.sp. (Lepidoptera Sphingidae). Lambillionea 96(2): 351–356. Reference page.
Haxaire, J. 2005: Description d'un nouveau Sphingidae bolivien: Nyceryx janzeni sp. n. (Lep. Sphingidae). Lambillionea 105(4) (Tome II): 583–588. Reference page.
Haxaire, J. 2009. Deux nouvelles espèces de Sphinx brésiliens (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 2(1-2): 7–17. Reference page.

Nyceryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.[1]
Species

Nyceryx alophus (Boisduval, 1875)
Nyceryx brevis Becker, 2001
Nyceryx coffaeae (Walker, 1856)
Nyceryx continua (Walker, 1856)
Nyceryx draudti Gehlen, 1926
Nyceryx ericea (H. Druce, 1888)
Nyceryx eximia Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
Nyceryx fernandezi Haxaire & Cadiou, 1999
Nyceryx furtadoi Haxaire, 1996
Nyceryx hyposticta (R. Felder, 1874)
Nyceryx janzeni Haxaire, 2005
Nyceryx lunaris Jordan, 1912
Nyceryx magna (R. Felder, 1874)
Nyceryx maxwelli (Rothschild, 1896)
Nyceryx mielkei Haxaire, 2009
Nyceryx nephus (Boisduval, 1875)
Nyceryx nictitans (Boisduval, 1875)
Nyceryx riscus (Schaus, 1890)
Nyceryx stuarti (Rothschild, 1894)
Nyceryx tacita (H. Druce, 1888)
Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

References

Savela, Markku. "Nyceryx Boisduval, [1875]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 21, 2018.