Eupanacra metallica (Taxonomy)
Transferred to Eupanacra by Cadiou & Holloway, 1989, Lambillionea89: 139. Erroneously returned to Panacra by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.18. Returned to Eupanacra by Haruta, 1994, Tinea14 (suppl. 1): 156. Implicitly transferred to Panacra by Zhu & Wang, 1997, Fauna Sinica Insecta 11: 336 (key), 339. Implicitly transferred back to Eupanacra by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 45.
Similar to Eupanacra sinuata but upperside ground colour somewhat more orange. Upperside of thorax and proximal segments of abdomen with a brown lateral stripe. Forewing upperside with postmedian lines less longitudinal than in Eupanacra sinuata, not reaching costa. Forewing underside less extensively brown than in Eupanacra sinuata, with the basal area paler. Hindwing upperside with buff band broader than in Eupanacra sinuata. Hindwing underside largely buff, tinged with brown; buff submarginal area broader than the brown marginal band, and continued to costa, becoming more tawny anteriorly and interrupted anterior to M2; costal margin orange, not grey as in Eupanacra sinuata, and with a large orange brown area between Sc+R and M1. Similar to Eupanacra sinuata but harpe much shorter, resembling that of Eupanacra regularis regularis but more strongly sinuate.