Macroglossum limata Swinhoe, 1892

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Nomenclature

Subtribe: Macroglossina

Genus: Macroglossum

Species:

Macroglossum limata Swinhoe, 1892

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Catalogue of eastern Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Oxford University Museum. Part I. Sphinges and Bombyces 4

Type data:

HOLOTYPE [♂] [Indonesia:] Java [Jawa] (Horsfield) [OUMO].

Taxonomic Notes:

Synonymized with Macroglossum insipida insipida by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 642; then with Macroglossum ungues by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 160. Resynonymized with Macroglossum insipida insipida by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.13. Reinstated as a species by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 54.