Eumorpha phorbas (Cramer, 1775)
Scientific name: Eumorpha phorbas (Cramer, 1775)
Common name:
French name:
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Heterocera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Wingspan: 112 - 116 mm. Females are slightly larger than males.
Biotope:
Geographic area: Central America and South America, from Mexico to Paraguay.
Flight time: All year round.
Number of generations :
Caterpillar:
Host plant: Possibly on Vitaceae, Apocynaceae and Onagraceae.
The upper side of the wings and the upper side of the body of Eumorpha phorbas are green and without any contrasted markings except two dark green dorsal stripes on the sides of the thorax and abdomen.
The hind wings are orange and black.
The underside of the body and the underside of the wings are completely yellow.
Eumorpha labruscae has black and blue hind wings and it does not show any dark dorsal stripe.

Eumorpha phorbas - French Guiana, France - March 15th 2012
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Eumorpha phorbas
I have shot this picture at Roura, at Camps Patawa, during a light trap night session.
Having no good view of the hind wings, the identification of this species is based on the dark stripes on the sides of the thorax and abdomen.

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