HOLOTYPE ♂ China: Fujian, Shiowu [Shaowu], 22.iv.1982 (Zhou Xingcai) [coll. Department of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural College].
Taxonomic Notes:
Synonymized (as ‡fukiensis) with Dahira rubiginosa by Inoue, 1990, Tinea 12: 254. Implicitly reinstated as a species in Theretra by Zhu & Wang, 1997, Fauna Sinica Insecta 11: 357 (key), 368. Resynonymized with Dahira rubiginosa by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 42. Reinstated as a subspecies of Dahira rubiginosa by Haxaire, Melichar & Manjunatha, 2021, European Ent. 13 (3) 110.
Nomenclature notes:
This taxon was redescribed by Meng, 2002, Fauna of Insects in Fujian Province of China 5: 316.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
