| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Superphylum: | Ecdysozoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| Superorder: | Panorpida |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subfamily: | Macroglossinae |
| Tribe: | Macroglossini |
| Subtribe: | Macroglossina |
| Genus: | Macroglossum |