1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-3: ♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-2: Fabricius (1775: 542-543) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Sphinx boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775 [Original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Sphinx vampyrus Fabricius, 1787 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Sphinx octopunctata Gmelin, 1790 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1775): Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 1-832. Flensburgi et Lipsiae (Officina Libraria Kortii).