Amphion floridensis

Taxobox
name = Nessus sphinx

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image_caption = "Amphion floridensis", adult
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Sphingidae
genus = "Amphion"
species = "A. floridensis"
binomial = "Amphion floridensis"
binomial_authority = B.P. Clark, 1920The Nessus sphinx ("Amphion floridensis") is a day-flying moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives throughout the eastern United States and Canada and occasionally down into Mexico, and is one of the more commonly-encountered day-flying moths in the region, easily recognized by the two bright yellow bands across the abdomen.

External links

* [http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3456 Nessus sphinx] Butterflies and Moths of North America
* [http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/afloride.htm "Amphion floridensis"] Sphingidae of the Americas