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Macroglossum alluaudi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Macroglossum alluaudi

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Macroglossum

Rank
  
Species

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Macroglossum alluaudi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Seychelles.

There are three orange-yellow lateral spots on the abdomen. The forewing upperside is without a discal spot, but there are two heavy straight discal lines. The basal half of the forewing underside (apart from discal cell) is washed with pale chrome-yellow. The hindwing upperside is chrome-yellow, slightly shaded with orange distally. The fringe is brown, sometimes with a narrow brown marginal band. The hindwing underside is mostly washed with pale chrome-yellow.

References

Macroglossum alluaudi Wikipedia