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Macroglossum regulus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from India.

Macroglossum regulus
Macroglossum regulus in Kerala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Macroglossum
Species:
M. regulus
Binomial name
Macroglossum regulus
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa fervens Butler, 1875

The upperside of the head, thorax, and first three abdominal segments is greenish. The abdomen upperside has large and confluent orange lateral spots on segments two to seven, the remaining segments are deep brownish black, with an uninterrupted belt of pure white at the base of the seventh. The thorax underside, the legs, the greater part of the first abdominal sternite and the mesial spot on the second and third are creamy. Both wing undersides are maize-coloured at the extreme base, otherwise coloured like the upperside of the hindwing. The hindwing upperside is chestnut-red.


References


  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-25. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.





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