1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, Miri, Gunung Mulu Nationalpark, Headquarter, 50 m, Terassenbeleuchtung am Rand von Alluvialwald (Überschwemmungswald), 9. April 2007 (det. & Foto am Licht: Dirk Mezger)Forum

1.2. Raupe

1-2: auf Mitragyna rotundifolia, Thailand, Phitsanulok, Amp. Muang, 45 m, 24. November 2019 (fot.: Roland Breithaupt)Forum

2. Diagnosis

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

2.1. Original description

1-3: Cramer ([1780]: 175, 165, pl. CCLXXXV fig. D) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Sphinx hypothous Cramer, [1780] [original combination]

3.2. Subspecies

• Daphnis hypothous moorei (Macleay, 1866) [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.3. Year of the first description

We follow the statement of Hemming (1958).

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Cramer, P. („1782“) [1779-1780]: De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America 3: 1-176, pl. CICIII-CCLXXXVIII. Amsteldam (S. J. Baalde), Utrecht (Barthelemy Wild).
• Hemming, F. (1958): Opinion 516. — Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19 (1): 1-44. London.

3.5. Information at other websites (external links)

• [The Moths of Borneo]