1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-3: ♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Walker ([1865]: 27) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Macroglossa vacillans Walker, [1865] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Macroglossa approximata Walker, [1865] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Macroglossa pseudogyrans Rothschild, 1894 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Macroglossa similis Rothschild, 1894 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Walker, F. [1865] (“1864”): List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 31: 1-321. London.