Macroglossa glaucoptera Butler, 1875, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 241. Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka].
Wingspan: 52--54mm. Body above yellowish-green, fantail blackish-brown. Forewing above blackish-brown, ante- and postmedial fascia black, the interspace between them greyish. Hindwing with costal area above cell and hindmarginal area orange-yellow, but often the two areas extended to become a narrow band. In male genitalia, the harpe much shorter than in M. semifasciata, sharply pointed; tip of aedeagus with a long spine, the two cornuti slender, one shorter than the other, both pointed at tip.
Attracted to the flowers of Duranta erecta.
China: 22.vi (Hong Kong).
OVUM: Unknown.
LARVA: Unknown.
PUPA: Unknown.
Larval hostplants. Unknown.
Unknown.
China: Hong Kong (Tuen Mun) - only recorded once.
Sri Lanka, Thailand, southern China, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Philippines (Mindanao).
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