Macroglossum alluaudi
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| Macroglossum alluaudi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Macroglossum |
| Species: | M. alluaudi |
| Binomial name | |
| Macroglossum alluaudi de Joannis, 1893[1] | |
Seychelles hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum alluaudi) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Seychelles.[2]
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.
