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Lettered Sphinx
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Butterflies & moths

Lettered Sphinx

Deidamia inscriptum Harris, 1839

Names

EnglishLettered Sphinx
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameDeidamia inscriptum Harris, 1839

About this species

Deidamia inscriptum, the lettered sphinx, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is the only member of the genus Deidamia. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839 and the genus was erected by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusDeidamia

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1958First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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