Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Hemaris galunae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hemaris Rank Species | |
Similar Hemaris ducalis, Hemaris affinis, Hemaris thetis, Hemaris croatica, Hemaris gracilis | ||
Hemaris galunae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Syria.
Some authors regard Hemaris galunae as a dry zone form of H. tityus or as an isolated eastern population of H. aksana, left stranded as North Africa dried out after the last ice age.
It is similar to Hemaris tityus and Hemaris radians, but with a broader marginal band on both forewing and hindwing. The abdominal tufts are almost black with few light brown or light yellow hair-like scales.
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