Hippotion melichari
Diagnostic description:
Superficially similar in body and forewing upperside pattern to Hippotion eson but smaller and immediately distinguishable by the dark brown (not pink and black) hindwing upperside with a poorly developed buff medial band. FWL: 30 mm (average).
Male genitalia: Most similar to Hippotion eson. Harpe spatulate not recurved, with a small distal tooth on the dorsal edge. Phallus apical process with two small teeth on the left and an elongate process on the right, projecting at right angles to the phallus axis and ending in three minute teeth.