• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	African Humming Bird

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Macroglossa trochilus	Hübner, 1823
  Psithyros trochilus	Hübner, 1823
  Macroglossum fasciatum	Wallengren, 1858
  Macroglossum trochiloides	Butler, 1875

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Moths	Roy Goff
  	Afro Moths	Jurate De Prins. Willy De Prins
  	Lepiforum e. V.
  	Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory	Ian Kitching

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