''Angonyx'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, ...

erected by

Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entom ...

in 1875.

Species

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Angonyx boisduvali '' Angonyx boisduvali'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The forewing upperside is similar to ''Angonyx papuana '' Angonyx papuana'' is a moth of the family ...

'' Rothschild 1894 *''

Angonyx chelsea '' Angonyx chelsea'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Ulf Eitschberger and Tomáš Melichar in 2009. It is known from the West New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, ...

'' Eitschberger & Melichar, 2009 *''

Angonyx excellens ''Pseudoangonyx'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Ulf Eitschberger in 2010. Its only species, ''Pseudoangonyx excellens'', described by Walter Rothschild in 1911, is known from Aru, Papua New Guinea and northern ...

'' (Rothschild 1911) *''

Angonyx kai '' Angonyx kai'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Kai Archipelago in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. ...

'' Eitschberger, 2006 *''

Angonyx krishna ''Angonyx krishna'', the southern dark-green hawkmoth,

'' Eitschberger & Haxaire, 2006 *''

Angonyx meeki '' Angonyx meeki'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea an ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan 1903 *''

Angonyx papuana '' Angonyx papuana'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It is known from Papua New Guinea, northern Queensland and the Bismarck Archipelago. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan 1903 *''

Angonyx testacea '' Angonyx testacea'', the northern dark-green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It is found in Nepal, northern India, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sa ...

'' (Walker 1856) *''

Angonyx williami '' Angonyx williami'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Moluccas in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It ...

'' Eitschberger & Melichar, 2009 Angonyx boisduvali MHNT CUT 2010 0 505 Rabaul Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, male.jpg, ''

'' Angonyx papuana MHNT CUT 2010 0 505 Mt Kaindi New Guinea, male.jpg, ''

'' Angonyx testacea MHNT CUT 2010 0 505 Malaisia, male.jpg, ''

References

Macroglossini Moth genera Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Macroglossini-stub