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Macroglossum prometheus
Macroglossum prometheus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
From the article Macroglossum prometheus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is about 50 mm. There is a prominent, subapical, costal, grey patch on the forewing and a sharply defined distal border on the hindwing. Both wing undersides are brown, shaded with khaki, the yellow anal area contrasts sharply. The hindwing upperside has a yellow band which is very sharply defined.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 738006.