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title: "Hummingbird Clearwing"
description: "Hemaris thysbe — Owady i pająki. Hemaris thysbe, the hummingbird clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae (hawkmoths)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/hummingbird-clearwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hummingbird Clearwing

> Hemaris thysbe — Owady i pająki. Hemaris thysbe, the hummingbird clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae (hawkmoths).

- Scientific name: *Hemaris thysbe*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 30922
- Wikidata: [Q142842](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142842)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82379](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82379)

## Names

- en: Hummingbird Clearwing
- es: Polilla Esfinge Abejorro Colibrí
- fr: Sphinx colibri

## Countries with the most observations

US (21989), CA (6389), PM (3)

## Summary

Hemaris thysbe, the hummingbird clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae (hawkmoths).  Coloration varies between individuals, but typically the moth is olive green and burgundy on its back, and white or yellow and burgundy on the underside.  Its wings are transparent with a reddish-brown border.  It has light-colored legs, which combined with the lack of striping on the underside is diagnostic.  Beating its wings rapidly, H. thysbe hovers to collect nectar from a variety of flowers.  The combination of its appearance and its behavior commonly leads to it being confused with a hummingbird or bumblebee.
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Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_thysbe

## Photo

![Hummingbird Clearwing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hummingbird-clearwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dennis White · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30324495

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hummingbird-clearwing?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).