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of the family Sphingidae. It is known from

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

(formerly known as ''Île Bourbon'') and

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. The head and thorax uppersides have a dark mesial line. The abdomen upperside has four orange lateral patches, of which the first is the smallest. The thorax underside is clayish reddish cinnamon. The palpus is more grey, with a purer white side-stripe. The abdomen underside is tawny. Both wings undersides are bright tawny, with the inconspicuous distal borders a duller brown and the extreme bases more or less yellow, especially near the inner edge of the hindwing. The hindwing upperside is bright tawny, without a dark border and the extreme base is brownish black. The yellow antemedian band is ill-defined. The larvae feed on ''

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Chassalia corallioides ''Chassalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from tropical Africa to (sub)tropical Asia. Species * ''Chassalia acutiflora'' Bremek. * ''Chassalia afzelii'' (Hiern) K.Schum. * '' Chassalia albif ...

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References

* Pinhey, E. (1962): ''Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa''. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town. Macroglossum Moths of Mauritius Moths of Réunion Moths described in 1833 {{Macroglossum-stub