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

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Vinony's link graph records 22 inbound references to Nyceryx, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.

Vinony files it under Dilophonotini, Nyceryx and Sphingidae genera.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySphingidae
Observations recorded2,213

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
Family
Sphingidae
Collections
UMNH, PSUC, USNM
Recorded in
Brazil, Bolivia, Peru

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Nyceryx alophus MHNT CUT 2010 131 Cochoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, male dorsal.jpg
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Nyceryx
taxon name
Nyceryx
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Nyceryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.

==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

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