LECTOTYPE ♂ [Papua New Guinea:] New Ireland (A.F. Eichhorn) [NHMUK]; implicitly designated by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 194.
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Hippotion by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.10. Returned to Theretra by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 70.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
