Aellopos tantalus

Linnaeus, 1758 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Aellopos

At a glance

Occurrence records230

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens13

eDNA detections13

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Aellopos tantalus's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility230 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF230 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 6 countries13 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD13 specimens

01Narrative

Aellopos tantalus est une espèce de papillons, de la famille des Sphingidés.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding13 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aellopos tantalus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens13

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections13

Countries6

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P658 bp consensus13 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 95% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 34 variable positions, in barcode order

59Tvariable

82Tvariable

85Tvariable

118Cvariable

133Tvariable

136Cvariable

206Tvariable

217Gmostly conserved

250Tvariable

271Avariable

277Tvariable

328Avariable

334Avariable

340Tvariable

361Tvariable

364Cvariable

373Tvariable

376Tvariable

400Tvariable

401Tvariable

403Avariable

433Amostly conserved

469Cvariable

470Avariable

475Cvariable

490Cvariable

505Cvariable

557Cvariable

589Cvariable

596Tvariable

610Cvariable

622Tvariable

634Tvariable

641Tvariable

AACATTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATAGTAGGAACTTCATTAAGATTATTAATTCGAGCAGAATTAGGAAATCCTGGATC …

Variant network

Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.

Diversity (π)2.3%

Haplotypes4

BINs2

Most divergent pair5.2%

N.AmericaS.AmericaOther

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Aellopos titansame genus4.6%Aellopos clavipessame genus5.3%Nyceryx maxwellisame family5.6%Nyceryx nephussame family6.2%Perigonia luscasame family6.5%

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type230 records

Wild obs. + sensor172

Museum / vouchered58

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO620 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy72% within 1 km

≤100 m 82≤1 km 32≤10 km 24>10 km 20

158 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor172

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy47% within 1 km

≤100 m 14≤1 km 6≤10 km 21>10 km 2

43 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence58

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 11 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	19
Mexico City, MX	12
Mayagüez, PR	8
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record	4
East Lansing, US	4
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	2
OSUClocation not on record	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1
Chicago, US	1
Brussels, BE	1
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 54 of 58 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA13 detections

Where the DNA of Aellopos tantalus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found13

Studies independent surveys1

Countries6

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 13 detections have coordinates

Open the map6 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median26.2 °C 21.1–26.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter4.40 °C

Max temp (day)27.1 °C 24.9–27.9

Min temp (night)24.9 °C 16.7–25.7

Precipitation181 mm/mo 139–331

Air humidity64.1 % 60.5–66.9

Moisture balance59.9 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,154 Pa 904–1,340

Wind speed2.80 m/s

Cloud cover28.5 % 23.5–51.5

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 10 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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