Insects · La Saladita, Guerrero

Mournful Sphinx

Enyo lugubris

Mournful Sphinx (Enyo lugubris)
Photographed by daniel_brito on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Enyo lugubris, the mournful sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Argentina and Paraguay to Uruguay, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and the West Indies through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to Mexico and the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona east to Florida and north to South Carolina. Strays have been recorded from Arkansas, north to Illinois, Michigan... Most often recorded in Jan, Dec.

TaxonomyInsecta › Lepidoptera › Sphingidae
Local records2 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records8,209 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2022 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Mournful Sphinx (Enyo lugubris) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/enyo-lugubris/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.