Macroglossum ungues

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Macroglossina
Genus: Macroglossum
Species: Macroglossum ungues
Subspecies: M. u. cheni – M. u. ungues
Name

Macroglossum ungues Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Type locality: Indonesia, Buru, Kayeli

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. III.1897. legit W. Doherty.
References
Primary references

Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologae 9 (Suppl.): 1–972. Reference page.

Additional references

Yen, S.-H., Kitching, I.J. & Hsu, Y.-F. 2003. A New Subspecies of Hawkmoth from Lanyu Island, Taiwan, with a Revised and Annotated Checklist of Taiwanese Sphingidae (Lepidoptera). Zoological Studies 42 (2): 292–306. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Macroglossum ungues is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia, from Java to Ambon, and also the Philippines[2] and Taiwan.
Subspecies

Macroglossum ungues ungues
Macroglossum ungues cheni Yen, Kitching & Tzen, 2003 (Lanyu Island in Taiwan)[3]

References

CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae
Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic
Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic