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  2. Macroglossum passalus - Wikipedia

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    Macroglossum passalus, the black-based hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is known from Sri Lanka , India , Thailand , south-eastern China , Taiwan , southern Japan , Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) and the Philippines .

  3. Hummingbird hawk-moth - Wikipedia

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    The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia. The species is named for its similarity to hummingbirds , as they feed on the nectar of tube-shaped flowers using their long proboscis while hovering in the air; this resemblance is an example of convergent evolution .

  4. Macroglossum divergens - Wikipedia

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    Macroglossum divergens, the broad-bordered hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. It is found from north-eastern Sikkim, India across southern China to Cheju Island (South Korea), southern Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines and then south through Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to New Guinea and neighbouring islands.

  5. Macroglossum insipida - Wikipedia

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    Macroglossum insipida, the hermit hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. Distribution

  6. Macroglossum bombylans - Wikipedia

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    Macroglossum bombylans, the humble hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal through China to Taiwan, Korea and Japan, with one record from the Russian Far East. It is also found in northern Thailand, northern Vietnam and the Philippines. [2] The wingspan is 40–52 mm. In northern China, there are two ...

  7. Hyles lineata - Wikipedia

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    Hyles lineata, also known as the white-lined sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. They are sometimes known as a "hummingbird moth" because of their bird-like size (2-3 inch wingspan) and flight patterns. [2] As caterpillars, they have a wide range of color phenotypes but show consistent adult coloration. [3]

  8. Hemaris - Wikipedia

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    Hemaris is a genus of sphinx moths in the subfamily Macroglossinae, which is native to the Holarctic. [1] Their main host plants are herbs and shrubs of the teasel and honeysuckle families. Moths in genus Hemaris are known collectively as clearwing moths or hummingbird moths in the US and Canada and bee hawk-moths in Britain.

  9. Macroglossum belis - Wikipedia

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    Macroglossum belis, the common hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . It is known from Sri Lanka , India , Nepal , Thailand , southern China , Taiwan , Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago), Vietnam and Indonesia (Java).