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: Stoll ([1781]: 124, pl. CCCLV fig. A) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Sphinx anceus Stoll, [1781] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Zonilia mixtura Walker, [1865] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Enyo cinnamomea Herrich-Schäffer, [1869] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Acosmeryx daulis Boisduval, [1875] [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Subspecies

• Acosmeryx anceus subdentata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Cramer, P. & C. Stoll (“1782”) [1780-1782]: De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America 4: 1-252, 1-29, pl. CCLXXXIX-CCCC. Amsteldam (S. J. Baalde), Utrecht (Barthelemy Wild).