Daphnis placida (Taxonomy)
Transferred to Daphnis by Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond.9: 573. Erroneously transferred to Deilephila by Zhu & Wang, 1997, Fauna Sinica Insecta 11: 290 (key), 291. Implicitly returned to Daphnis by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 42.
Outer margin of forewing more obviously excavated below apex than in other species of Daphnis. Forewing upperside similar to Daphnis hypothous hypothous but antemedian line midway between basal patch and proximal edge of median olive-green area; edges of median area pattern elements diffuse and apex lacking a white spot. Forewing underside without white spots. Harpe with distal process curved dorsally, not or feebly dentate. Aedeagus apical process with short dentate lobe on left and a long oblique right lobe, curved ventrad, dentate at apex.