Butterflies of Cuba
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      • Papilionidae : Papilioninae >
        • Battus devilliers - De Villiers' Swallowtail
        • Battus polydamas - Polydamas Swallowtail
        • Heraclides andraemon - Bahaman Swallowtail
        • Heraclides androgeus - Androgeus Swallowtail
        • Heraclides caiguanabus - Poey's Swallowtail
        • Heraclides oviedo - Oviedo's Swallowtail
        • Heraclides oxynius - Cuban Black Swallowtail
        • Heraclides pelaus - Pelaus Swallowtail
        • Heraclides ponceana - Dusky Swallowtail
        • Neographium celadon - Cuban Kite Swallowtail
        • Papilio demoleus - Lime Swallowtail
        • Papilio polyxenes - Black Swallowtail
        • Parides gundlachianus - Gundlach's Swallowtail
        • Pterourus palamedes - Palamedes Swallowtail
        • Pterourus troilus - Spicebush Swallowtail
      • Hesperiidae : Eudaminae >
        • Aguna asander - Gold-spotted Aguna
        • Aguna claxon - Emerald Aguna
        • Autochton potrillo - Potrillo Skipper
        • Cecropterus dorantes - Dorantes Longtial
        • Chioides marmorosa - Cuban Longtail
        • Epargyreus zestos - Zestos Skipper
        • Phocides pigmalion - Mangrove Skipper
        • Polygonus leo - Hammock Skipper
        • Proteides maysi - May's Skipper
        • Proteides mercurius - Cuban Mercurial Skipper
        • Telegonus anausis - Caribbean Yellow-tipped Flasher
        • Telegonus cassander - Cuban Flasher
        • Telegonus cellus - Golden-banded Skipper
        • Telegonus habana - Frosty Flasher
        • Telegonus talus - Green Flasher
        • Telegonus xagua - Antillean Flasher
        • Urbanus proteus - Common Long-tailed Skipper
      • Hesperiidae : Hesperiinae >
        • Asbolis capucinus - Monk Skipper
        • Atalopedes mesogramma - Mesogramma Skipper
        • Calpodes ethlius - Canna Skipper
        • Carystoides mexicana - Mexican Ruby-eye
        • Choranthus radians - Radians Skipper
        • Cymaenes tripunctus - Three-spotted Skipper
        • Euphyes cornelius - Cornelius Skipper
        • Euphyes singularis - Singularis Skipper
        • Holguinia holguin - Holguin Skipper
        • Hylephila phyleus - Fiery Skipper
        • Lerodea eufala - Eufala Skipper
        • Nyctelius nyctelius - Violet-banded Skipper
        • Oarisma bruneri - Bruner's Skipperling
        • Oarisma nanus - Nanus Skipperling
        • Panoquina corrupta - Corrupt Skipper
        • Panoquina lucas - Purple-washed Skipper
        • Panoquina ocola - Ocola Skipper
        • Panoquina panoquinoides - Obscure Skipper
        • Parachoranthus magdalia - Magdalia Skipper
        • Perichares philetes - Caribbean Ruby-eye
        • Polites baracoa - Baracoa Skipper
        • Pyrrhocalles antiqua - Caribbean Skipper
        • Rhinthon cubana - Cuban Rhinthon
        • Saliana esperi - Perching Saliana
        • Synapte malitiosa - Caribbean Faceted Skipper
        • Wallengrenia misera - Cuban Broken-dash
      • Hesperiidae : Pyrginae >
        • Anastrus sempiternus - Common Anastrus
        • Burca braco - Braco Skipper
        • Burca concolor - Concolorous Skipper
        • Burca cubensis - Cuban Skipper
        • Burnsius crisia - Antillean Checkered Skipper
        • Burnsius oileus - Tropical Checkered Skipper
        • Chiomara gundlachi - Gundlach's Duskywing
        • Eantis munroei - Munroe's Sicklewing
        • Eantis papinianus - Cuban Sicklewing
        • Ephyriades brunnea - Florida Duskywing
        • Ephyriades zephodes - Zephodes Duskywing
        • Erynnis zarucco - Zarucco Skipper
        • Gesta gesta - Impostor Duskywing
        • Ouleus fridericus - Fridericus Spreadwing
      • Pieridae : Colladinae >
        • Abaeis nicippe - Sleepy Orange
        • Anteos clorinde - White-angled Sulphur
        • Anteos maerula - Yellow-angled Sulphur
        • Colias eurytheme - Orange Sulphur
        • Eurema amelia - Cuban Yellow
        • Eurema boisduvaliana - Boisduval's Yellow
        • Eurema daira - Barred Yellow
        • Eurema elathea - Banded Yellow
        • Eurema lucina - Smudged Yellow
        • Kricogonia cabrerai - Cuban Sulphur
        • Kricogonia lyside - Lyside Sulphur
        • Nathalis iole - Dainty Sulphur
        • Phoebis agarithe - Large Orange Sulphur
        • Phoebis argante - Apricot Sulphur
        • Phoebis avellaneda - Orange-washed Sulphur
        • Phoebis neleis - Neleis Sulphur
        • Phoebis orbis - Orbis Sulphur
        • Phoebis philea - Orange-barred Sulphur
        • Phoebis sennae - Cloudless Sulphur
        • Phoebis statira - Statira Sulphur
        • Pyrisitia chamberlaini - Chamberlain's Yellow
        • Pyrisitia dina - Bush Sulphur
        • Pyrisitia larae - Confusing Yellow
        • Pyrisitia lisa - Little Yellow
        • Pyrisitia messalina - Whitish Yellow
        • Pyrisitia nise - Mimosa Yellow
        • Pyrisitia proterpia - Tailed Orange
        • Pyrisitia venusta - Pale Yellow
        • Zerene cesonia - Southern Dogface
      • Pieridae : Dismorphiinae >
        • Dismorphia cubana - Cuban Mimic-White
      • Pieridae : Pierinae >
        • Ascia monuste - Great Southern White
        • Ganyra menciae - Cuban White
        • Glutophrissa drusilla - Florida White
        • Melete salacia - Black-striped White
        • Pontia protodice - Checkered White
      • Riodinidae >
        • Dianesia carteri - Caribbean Metalmark
      • Lycaenidae : Polyommatinae >
        • Brephidium exilis - Pygmy Blue
        • Cupido comyntas - Eastern Tailed-Blue
        • Cyclargus ammon - Nickerbean Blue
        • Cyclargus thomasi - Miami Blue
        • Hemiargus ceraunus - Ceraunus Blue
        • Leptotes cassius - Cassius Blue
        • Leptotes hedgesi - Hedges' Blue
        • Pseudochrysops bornoi - Antillean Blue
      • Lycaenidae : Theclinae >
        • Allosmaitia coelebs - Cuban Hairstreak
        • Chlorostrymon maesites - Amethyst Hairstreak
        • Chlorostrymon simaethis - Silver-banded Hairstreak
        • Electrostrymon angelia - Fulvous Hairstreak
        • Eumaeus atala - Atala Hairstreak
        • Ministrymon azia - Grey Ministreak
        • Nesiostrymon celida - Caribbean Hairstreak
        • Strymon acis - Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak
        • Strymon bazochii - Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak
        • Strymon istapa - Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
        • Strymon limenia - Limenia Scrub-Hairstreak
        • Strymon martialis - Martial Scrub-Hairstreak
        • Strymon toussainti - Toussaint's Scrub-Hairstreak
      • Nymphalidae : Apaturinae >
        • Asterocampa idyja - Dusky Emperor
        • Doxocopa laure - Silver Emperor
      • Nymphalidae : Biblidinae >
        • Dynamine postverta - Mexican Sailor
        • Dynamine serina - Caribbean Sailor
        • Eunica heraclitus - Cuban Purplewing
        • Eunica monima - Dingy Purplewing
        • Eunica tatila - Florida Purplewing
        • Hamadryas amphinome - Red Cracker
        • Hamadryas februa - Gray Cracker
        • Hamadryas feronia - Variable Cracker
        • Lucinia sida - Caribbean Banner
      • Nymphalidae : Charaxinae >
        • Anaea cubana - Cuban Leafwing
        • Archaeoprepona demophoon - Two-spotted Prepona
        • Cymatogramma echemus - Chestnut Leafwing
        • Hypna clytemnestra - Silver-studded Leafwing
        • Siderone galanthis - Red-striped Leafwing
      • Nymphalidae : Cyrestinae >
        • Marpesia chiron - Many-banded Daggerwing
        • Marpesia eleuchea - Caribbean Daggerwing
      • Nymphalidae : Danainae >
        • Anetia briarea - Many-spotted King
        • Anetia cubana - Cuban King
        • Anetia pantherata - Great King
        • Danaus eresimus - Soldier
        • Danaus gilippus - Queen
        • Danaus plexippus - Monarch
        • Greta cubana - Cuban Clearwing
        • Lycorea halia - Tiger Mimic Queen
      • Nymphalidae : Heliconiinae >
        • Agraulis vanillae - Gulf Fritillary
        • Dryas iulia - Flambeau
        • Eueides isabella - Isabella's Heliconian
        • Euptoieta claudia - Variegated Fritillary
        • Euptoieta hegesia - Mexican Fritillary
        • Heliconius charithonia - Zebra Heliconian
      • Nymphalidae : Libytheinae >
        • Libytheana carinenta - American Snout
        • Libytheana motya - Cuban Snout
        • Libytheana terena - Antillean Snout
      • Nymphalidae Limenitinae >
        • Adelpha iphicleola - Iphicleola Sister
        • Limenitis archippus - Viceroy
      • Nymphalidae : Nymphalinae >
        • Anartia chrysopelea - Cuban Peacock
        • Anartia jatrophae - White Peacock
        • Anthanassa frisia - Cuban Crescent
        • Antillea pelops - Antillean Crescent
        • Atlantea perezi - Cuban Checkerspot
        • Colobura dirce - Mosaic
        • Historis acheronta - Tailed Cecropian
        • Historis odius - Stinky Leafwing
        • Hypanartia paullus - Antillean Mapwing
        • Hypolimnas misippus - The Mimic
        • Junonia coenia - Common Buckeye
        • Junonia neildi - Mangrove Buckeye
        • Junonia zonalis - Tropical Buckeye
        • Phyciodes phaon - Phaon Crescent
        • Polygonia interrogationis - Question Mark
        • Siproeta stelenes - Malachite
        • Vanessa atalanta - Red Admiral
        • Vanessa cardui - Painted Lady
        • Vanessa virginiensis - American Lady
      • Nymphalidae : Satyrinae >
        • Calisto aquilum - Cuban Dark Calisto
        • Calisto bradleyi - Bradley's Calisto
        • Calisto brochei - Broche's Calisto
        • Calisto bruneri - Bruner's Calisto
        • Calisto disjunctus - Western Cuban Calisto
        • Calisto dissimulatum - Mimic Calisto
        • Calisto gundlachi - Gandlach's Calisto
        • Calisto herophile - Cuban Common Calisto
        • Calisto israeli - Israel's Calisto
        • Calisto lastrai - Lastra's Calisto
        • Calisto muripetens - Guamuahaya Calisto
        • Calisto occulta - Hidden Calisto
        • Calisto sharkeyae - Sharkey's Calisto
        • Calisto siguanensis - Sand Calisto
        • Calisto smintheus - Cuban Rusty Calisto
        • Calisto torrei - Torre's Calisto
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This page now contains photos of all of the 59 species of Sphingidae that have been found in Cuba. As always if any readers have photos of Cuban species especially if they were taken on the island and you would be happy to share them here then please do get in touch.
Bombicoidea
Bombycidae: Bombicinae - 1 species
Saturniidae: Saturniinae - 2 species
Sphingidae: Macroglossinae - 46 species
Aellopos blaini male Jamaica © BMNH (CC-BY-3.0) Wikimedia Commons
Aellopos clavipes 27 Oct 2011 Texas © upupamartin (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Aellopos fadus 27 Oct 2011 Texas © upupamartin (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Aellopos tantalus Tantalus Sphinx 26 Feb 2018 Cayo Coco © Christoph Moning
Aellopos tantalus Tantalus Sphinx 4 Dec 2017 Cayo Romano © Alvaro Jaramillo (CC-
Aellopos titan Titan Sphinx 20 Oct 2009 Texas © upupamartin (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Aellopos titan Titan Sphinx 23 Dec 2014 © Onildo Marini (CC-BY-NC)
Callionima calliomenae male 30 Aug 2017 Venezuela © Muséum de Toulouse (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Callionima gracilis male 16 Sept 2017 Cuba © Jean Haxaire (CMNH) (CC BY 3.0)
Callionima ramsdeni female Guantanamo © BMNH (CC BY 3.0)
Callionima falcifera male 15 Nov 2017 Gran Piedra © Douglas Fernández
Cautethia grotei 17 Apr 2018 Rio Seco © Jean Haxaire (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Enyo boisduvali BMNH Guantanamo © Robert Young (CC BY 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons
Enyo ocypete Swift-Winged Sphinx female 17 Jun 2015 Vinales © Tim Norriss
Enyo lugubris female 22 Nov 2015 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
Enyo lugubris female 22 Nov 2015 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
Enyo lugubris male 26 Mar 2017 Topes de Collantes © Tim Norriss
Erinnyis alope Alope Sphinx 5 Jul 2016 MEX © Juan Cruzado Cortés (CC BY-SA)
Erinnyis alope Alope Sphinx larva 24 Jul 2014 MEX © Juan Cruzado Cortés (CC BY-SA)
Erinnyis crameri Cramer's Sphinx 7 Aug 2019 Panama © Yorlene Osiris O. Serrano (CC BY 4.0)
Erinnyis ello larva 13 Nov 2015 Guardalavaca © Tim Norriss
Erinnyis ello larva 13 Nov 2015 Guardalavaca © Tim Norriss
Erynnyis ello Ello Sphinx male 24 Feb 2016 Selva Verde, Costa Rica © Tim Norriss
Erinnyis ello Ello Sphinx female 08 Jul 2015 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
Erinnyis guttularis 21 Feb 2017 Oviedo, DR © Jean Haxaire (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Erinnyis lassauxii 18 Dec 2017 French Guyana © Bernard Dupont (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Erinnyis lassauxii larva 11 Oct 2018 Austin, TEX © tex-anne (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Erinnyis obscura 26 Jan 2018 Miami © joydoll (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Erinnyis oenotrus male 23 Jun 2016 Gran Piedra © Douglas Fernández
Erinnyis oenotrus female 14 Nov 2017 Gran Piedra © Douglas Fernández
Erinnyis pallida male Guantanamo © BMNH (CC BY 3.0)
Eumorpha fasciatus 20 Jan 2011 Uruguay © man77 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Eumorpha labruscae 23 Jun 2016 Gran Piedra © Douglas Fernández
Eumorpha labruscae 2nd instar larva 10 Nov 2015 Gibara © Tim Norriss
Eumorpha mirificatus 14 Jan 2020 Bartolome Maso, Turquino NP © Jean Haxaire (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Eumorpha satellitia posticatus 14 Apr 2018 Bartolome Maso, Turquino NP © Jean Haxaire (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Eumorpha satellitia posticatus 28 May 2014 Santiago de Cuba © Alexis Callejas Segura
Eumorpha vitis 1 Jun 2019 Colombia © eduven (CC BY-NC)
Eumorpha vitis 30 Sept 2017 TEX © Roberto R. Calderón (CC BY-NC)
Eumorpha vitis larva 5 Jul 2018 2017 TEX © Alysa Joaquin (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra 6 Feb 2019 © Mexico John Guerin (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra 31 Jul 2020 Mexico © Miguel García Cruz (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra 31 Jul 2020 Mexico © Miguel García Cruz (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Hyles lineata White-lined Sphinx 19 Oct 2015 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
Hyles lineata White-lined Sphinx 19 Oct 2015 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
Isognathus rimosa Rimosus Sphinx 9 Nov 2017 Caimanera © Wayne Fidler (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Isognathus rimosa Rimosus Sphinx 9 Nov 2017 Caimanera © Wayne Fidler (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Isognathus rimosa Rimosus Sphinx larva 9 Nov 2017 Caimanera © Wayne Fidler (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Isognathus rimosa Rimosus Sphinx larva 7 Dec 2018 Pinares de Mayari © Tim Norriss
Isognathus rimosa Rimosus Sphinx larva 7 Dec 2018 Pinares de Mayari © Tim Norriss
Madoryx pseudothyreus False-windowed Sphinx 2 Jan 2016 Florida © Paul Dennehy (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Pachylia ficus male 15 Nov 2019 Caranavi, BOLIVIA © Tim Norriss
Pachylia ficus female 17 Nov 2019 Caranavi, BOLIVIA © Tim Norriss
Pachylia syces 15 Feb 2020 zygy (CC)
Pachylioides resumens male 15 Apr 2012 Soroa © Douglas Fernández
Perigonia divisa male 16 Sept 2017 Topes de Collantes © Sphingidae Museum (CC BY 3.0)
Perigonia lefebvraei male 18 Oct 2017 Mordazo, Cuba © Laurent Schwartz Muséum de Toulouse (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Perigonia lusca 4 Apr 2013 Belize © Jan Meerman (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Perigonia lusca 4 Jul 2020 DR © Lisa Johnson (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Perigonia lusca 6 Nov 2011 St Lucia © gailhampshire (CC BY)
Phryxus caicus 26 Nov 2019 Mexico © Donají Graham (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Pseudosphinx tetrio larva 15 Jun 2016 Pinares de Mayari © Tim Norriss
Pseudosphinx tetrio 13 Nov 2015 Guardalavaca © Tim Norriss
Pseudosphinx tetrio 13 Nov 2015 Guardalavaca © Tim Norriss
Xylophanes chiron cubanus 22 Jun 2015 Vinales © Tim Norriss
Xylophanes tersa 26 Jun 2016 Gran Piedra © Douglas Fernández
Xylophanes irrorata 26 Jun 2016 Gran Piedra © Douglas Fernández
Xylophanes porcus 18 Nov 2019 Coroico, BOLIVIA © Tim Norriss
Xylophanes clarki 23 Feb 2017 Oviedo, DR © Jean Haxaire (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Xylophanes gundlachi 17 Apr 2018 Rio Seco © Jean Haxaire (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Xylophanes pluto 18 Aug Florida © pondhawk (CC BY)
Xylophanes pluto larva 11 Dec 2015 Costa Rica © Paola Carrera (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Xylophanes pluto larva 26 May 2020 Florida © Alan R. Franck (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Xylophanes robinsonii male 16 Sept 2017 Holguin © BMNH (CC 3.0)
Sphingidae: Sphinginae - 13 species
Adhemarius daphne cubanus male 16 Nov 2017 Gran Piedra © Douglas Fernández
Agrius cingulata Pink-spotted Hawkmoth male 25 Jun 2016 Gran Piedra © Douglas Fernández
Agrius cingulata Pink-spotted Hawkmoth male 15 Jun 2015 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
Agrius cingulata Pink-spotted Hawkmoth female 27 Jul 2013 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
Agrius cingulata Pink-spotted Hawkmoth larva 20 Jun 2019 Moron © Tim Norriss
Amphonyx (Cocytius) duponchel 28 Jun 2015 Soroa © Tim Norriss
Amphonyx (Cocytius) vitrinus male Zapata © Trustees of the NHM (CC BY 3.0)
Cocytius antaeus Giant Sphinx 21 Jun 2019 Santiago de Cuba © Alex Alfil (CC BY-NC)
Cocytius haxairei fem 20 Jul 1996 la Gran Piedra © Jean Haxaire
Cocytius antaeus Giant Sphinx 27 July 2021 Habana © Mario Herrera Montes de Oca
Manduca rustica cubana male 02 Jun 2015 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
Manduca brontes 12 Apr 2016 DR © Jean Haxaire (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Manduca sexta jamaicensis 20 Jun 2015 Vinales © Tim Norriss
Manduca afflicta afflicta male 5 Feb 2020 Habana © Laurent Schwartz (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Manduca rustica L4 larva Feb 2021 Santiago de Cuba © Alexis Callejas Segura
Nannoparce poeyi male DR © BMNH (CC BY)
Neococytius cluentius 7 Feb 2020 Mexico © Victoria Cervantes (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Protambulyx strigilis 22 Mar 2009 Camagüey © Douglas Fernández
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