Macroglossum corythus

Macroglossum corythus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Macroglossum
Species:	M. corythus
Binomial name
Macroglossum corythus Walker 1856
Synonyms
Macroglossum oceanicum Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 Macroglossa luteata Butler, 1875 Macroglossum platyxanthum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Macroglossum fuscicauda Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Macroglossa fulvicaudata Butler, 1882 Macroglossum novebudensis Clark, 1926 Macroglossum novirlandum D'Abrera, [1986] Macroglossa pylene Felder, 1861 Macroglossa cyniris Boisduval, [1875] Macroglossa phlegeton Boisduval, [1875] Macroglossa motacilla Boisduval, [1875] Macroglossa approximans Lucas, 1891 Macroglossa labrosa Swinhoe, 1892 Macroglossa moluccensis Rothschild, 1894 Macroglossum xanthurus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Macroglossum corythus is a species of Hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Australian tropics east to New Caledonia.^[1][2]

Description

The wingspan is 50–66 mm. The coloration is varying slightly in subspecies and climate of the country. Head, thorax and abdomen is rufus in color. Abdomen is without the lateral black marks on distal segments. The anal tufts are ruddy at tips. Fore wings with all lines are obsolescent, where the postmedial lines less bent. The marings being reddish and ill-defined. Hind wings with the band are pure yellow in color and band is narrow.^[3]

Larva is dark violet brown in color, with dorsal specks. There is a subdorsal yellow line on 2nd and 4th somites and 10th, 11th somites. Horn is long and tuberculate. In a later stage, there are yellow and olive-brown transverse dorsal lines and yellow lateral spots. Larvae have been recorded from Loganiaceae and Rubiaceae species. Pupa is bone colored with a black dorsal stripe on frons and on thorax.^[4][5]

Subspecies

• Macroglossum corythus corythus (Sri Lanka, southern India)
• Macroglossum corythus luteata Butler, 1875 (north-eastern India, Bangladesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, Japan (Tsushima Island), Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Flores, Sumba, Sulawesi), the Philippines (Palawan, Mindanao, Luzon), Vietnam)
• Macroglossum corythus oceanicum (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915) (Chagos)
• Macroglossum corythus platyxanthum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (southern Japan)
• Macroglossum corythus xanthurus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Tenimber)
• Macroglossum corythus pylene Felder, 1861 (New Guinea, Amboina, Buru, Moluccas)
• Macroglossum corythus novirlandum D'Abrera, 1986 (Bismarck islands)
• Macroglossum corythus novebudensis Clark, 1926 (New Hebrides)
• Macroglossum corythus fulvicaudata Butler, 1882 (New Britain)
• Macroglossum corythus fuscicauda Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Loyalty Islands)

Macroglossum corythus luteata and Macroglossum corythus oceanicum are treated as species (Macroglossum luteata and Macroglossum oceanicum) by some authors.

References

1. "Macroglossum corythus Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. "The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Macroglossinae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua Insect Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
4. "MACROGLOSSUM CORYTHUS LUTEATA Butler, 1875". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic species list. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
5. "Macroglossum corythus". Butterfly House. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

External links

• Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.
• The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography
• Macroglossum corythus luteata at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic
• Macroglossum corythus platyxanthum at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic