LECTOTYPE ♀ Madagascar: Diego Suarez [NHMUK]; implicitly designated by Rothschild, 1919, Novit. zool. 26: 248.
Taxonomic Notes:
Erroneously transferred to Deilephila by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.6. Returned to Hippotion by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 48.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
