SUBFAMILY - SPHINGINAE

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FIGURE 1 - Agrius cingulatus (Tribe Acherontiini) - PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 2 - Cocytius antaeus (Tribe Sphingini) - IBIS Collection, University of Pilar (Paul Smith Septmber 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Manduca armatipes (Tribe Sphingini) - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Manduca contracta (Tribe Sphingini) - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Manduca florestan (Tribe Sphingini) - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith January 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 6 - Manduca florestan (Tribe Sphingini) - left PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael, right IBIS Collection, University of Pilar (Paul Smith left January 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database, right Septmber 2007).
FIGURE 7 - Manduca fosteri (Tribe Sphingini) - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 8 - Manduca janira (Tribe Sphingini) - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database). First record of the species in Paraguay.
FIGURE 9 - Manduca lefeburii (Tribe Sphingini) - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 10 -  Manduca rustica (Tribe Sphingini) - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel undated - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 11 - Manduca sexta (Tribe Sphingini) - left  PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael, right Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith left September 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database, right May 2007).