SYNTYPES [4♂ 5♀] "a series" [Papua New Guinea:] New Britain: north coast, Talasea, i iv.1925 (A.F. Eichhorn) [NHMUK]. The NHMUK syntype series consists of 2♂ captured in "Mar-April 1925", (including the specimen labelled as "Type" in Jordan's handwriting), and 1♂ and 4♀ captured in "January 1925". There is 1♂ and 1♀ in the CMNH that are also probably syntypes.
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
