Broad-bordered Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum divergens, the broad-bordered hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. It is found from north-eastern Sikkim, India across southern China to Cheju Island (South Korea), southern Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines and then south through Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to New Guinea and neighbouring islands. It may be in Sri Lanka.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Broad-bordered Hummingbird Hawkmoth being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Macroglossum sitiene
• Macroglossum pyrrhosticta
• Macroglossum corythus
• Macroglossum nycteris
• Macroglossum gyrans
• Aellopos ceculus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sphingidae

Genus

Macroglossum

Species

Macroglossum divergens

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