Cocytius lucifer Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 is a animal in the Sphingidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cocytius lucifer Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Cocytius lucifer Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Cocytius lucifer is a moth with 140–160 mm wingspan, found in Neotropical tropical and subtropical lowlands.

Family
Genus
Cocytius
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cocytius lucifer Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

This moth species, Cocytius lucifer Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, has a wingspan ranging from 140 to 160 millimeters. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical lowlands, ranging from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica in the north, southward through Venezuela to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Ecuador.

Photo: (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Sphingidae Cocytius

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