It is unclear whether this taxon is a valid species or a hybrid, say between Xylophanes resta/Xylophanes tersa and Xylophanes loelia/Xylophanes neoptolemus. DNA analysis of the holotype will be required to answer this question.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
