Biology:Macroglossum particolor
| Macroglossum particolor | |
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| Macroglossum particolor, female, upperside | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Macroglossum |
| Species: | M. particolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Macroglossum particolor Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]
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Macroglossum particrolo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from India and Sri Lanka.
The upper side of the body and forewing is drab grey. The head and thorax upper side has a russet-brown mesial line. The abdomen has three rather small orange side patches, not separated from each other. The underside of the palpus is greyish-white, with a white side line. The thorax underside is grey, shaded with wood-brown. The abdomen underside is entirely wood-brown. The forewing upperside is drab grey. Both wing undersides are yellowish brown, shaded with grey, with the distal border brown. The base and broad distal border of the hindwing upperside are blackish brown and somewhat olive. The inner area of the hindwing underside is Yellow.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20121005212847/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/particolor.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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Wikidata ☰ Q2477294 entry
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