''Macroglossum mitchellii'', the grey-striped hummingbird hawkmoth, is a
moth of the family
Sphingidae described by
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...
in 1875. It is known from
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, southern and eastern
India,
Thailand, southern
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Taiwan,
Vietnam,
Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak) and
Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java).
Description
The
wingspan is 55–74 mm. This species is easily recognised by the upperside of the head and thorax having a broad, very dark median stripe that divides the pinkish-grey background into two stripes. Forewings with antemedial band much broader at inner margin. Postmedial band is black in colour angled at vein 6, where it joined to subapical markings. Hindwings with yellow band broader and hardly constricted at middle. Ventral side has lines on hindwing rather more prominent.
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Subspecies
*''Macroglossum mitchellii mitchellii'' (Java)
*''Macroglossum mitchellii imperator''
Butler, 1875
References
Macroglossum
Moths described in 1875
Moths of Asia
Moths of Sri Lanka
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