FAMILY SPHINGIDAE
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Macroglossum multifascia Rothschild & Jordan
Macroglossum multifascia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 663.


Macroglossum multifascia (holotype)
(.85 natural size)


Diagnosis.
The fasciation of the forewing is numerous, oblique, diffuse, dark fasciae and is unique within the genus. The abdomen has a pair of white subdorsal spots centrally.

Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra, ?Java.

Habitat preference. The only Bornean specimen is the holotype, taken in a lowland locality.

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