Proserpinus lucidus

Pacific green sphinx
Live adult attracted to a UV light
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Proserpinus
Species:
P. lucidus
Binomial name
Proserpinus lucidus
(Boisduval, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Arctonotus lucidus Boisduval, 1852
  • Arctonotus lucidus clarki Barnes & Benjamin, 1923

Proserpinus lucidus, the Pacific green sphinx or bear sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852.