TYPE(S) [♂] Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (T. Skinner) [NHMUK].
Taxonomic Notes:
Synonymized with Macroglossum mitchelli as a subspecies by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 667. Treated as a species by Harman, 1981, Brunei Mus. J. 5: 95. Resynonymized with Macroglossum mitchelli [sic] as a subspecies by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 166. Implicitly reinstated as a species by Zhu & Wang, 1997, Fauna Sinica Insecta 11: 323 (key), 332. Resynonymized with Macroglossum mitchellii as a subspecies by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 54.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
