SYNTYPES [1♂] [Papua New Guinea:] New Britain, Talasea, «i.1925» (A.F. Eichhorn); [1♂] [Papua New Guinea:] New Ireland, «i.1924 (A.F. Eichhorn) (BMNH(E) #274969)»; [1♂] [Papua New Guinea:] New Ireland, «i.1924 (A.F. Eichhorn) (Sphingidae BMNH(E) Slide No. 3204) (BMNH(E) #812608)»; [1♂] [Papua New Guinea:] New Hanover, «iii.1923 (A.S. Meek)» [NHMUK]; [1♀] [Papua New Guinea:] New Hanover, «iii-iv.1923 (A.S. Meek) (BMNH(E) #274970)» [NHMUK]; [1♂] [Papua New Guinea:] New Britain, Talasea, «i.1925» (A.F. Eichhorn) [CMNH].
Taxonomic Notes:
Proposed as a subspecies of Theretra rhesus. Synonymized with Theretra insularis as a subspecies by Hogenes & Treadaway, 1998, Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo Suppl. 17: 100.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
