MACROGLOSSUM FARO FARO (Cramer, 1780)

Female Macroglossum f. faro. Photo: © BMNH Male Macroglossum f. faro. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Sphinx faro Cramer, 1780, Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exot.) 3: 165, pl. 285, fig. C. Type locality: [India,] "Coromandel" [Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 74--78mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

China: viii (Guangdong). Japan: viii (Ryukyu Archipelago).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Guangdong (Longtou Shan).

Japan: Ryukyu Archipelago (Okinawa; Iriomoteshima).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Southern India, Thailand, southeastern China, southern Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago), Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).


Global distribution of Macroglossum faro faro. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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