Synonymized with Rhagastis aurifera as a subspecies by Clark, 1929, Proc. New Engl. zool. Club 11: 8. Erroneously treated as a species by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.21. Synonymized with Rhagastis castor as a subspecies by Kitching & Spitzer, 1995, Tinea 14: 192. Raised to species status by Jiang et al., 2023, Insects 15: 359 (20).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
