Proposed as a subspecies of Dovania poecila. Carcasson, 1968, Jl E. Afr. nat. Hist. Soc. natn. Mus. 26 (3): 63, considered it was a subspecies of doubtful validity. Synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 44. Reinstated as a subspecies by Schmit, 2021, Saturnafrica 29: 24.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
