Ligyra tantalus

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Ligyra tantalus
Ligyra tantalus (bee fly) in 2016.jpg
Ligyra bee fly (Ligyra tantalus) in Japan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Genus: Ligyra
Species:
L. tantalus
Binomial name
Ligyra tantalus
(Fabricius, 1794)

Ligyra tantalus is a species of insect in the Bombyliidae family, commonly known as bee flies. It has an orange and brown thorax and a black abdomen with a white ring and four spots on it, although the rearmost two spots can be joined together in some specimens. The wings are purplish-black and swept back from the body when at rest.

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Distribution

It is found in Asia in areas such as China (mainland) and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines (Palawan), Taiwan, and Thailand and also in Australia.

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