Proposed as a subspecies of Sesia clavipes. Synonymized with Sesia tantalus as a subspecies by Draudt, 1931, in Seitz (ed.), Die Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 880. Reinstated as a subspecies of Aellopos clavipes by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 111. Synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies by Carcasson & Heppner, 1996, Atlas Neotrop. Lepid. 4B: 57. Reinstated as a subspecies of Aellopos clavipes by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 36.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
