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. Distribution

The species was described from the island of Ambon in Indonesia.

There is one single specimen found in Scotland. Agassiz et al. (2013: 120) told us: "One Pertshire, 1873: (Clancy et al., 2012: 590). Asiatic."

A.R. Pittaway [Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic: tripod.com (december 18th 2021)] wrote: "Occurs in the western Palaearctic region as a rare vagrant. However, the frequency is not known because of its confusion with Daphnis nerii. During the last hundred years a number have been discovered within the Middle East; one was even found in Scotland late last century but was probably imported as a pupa with cargo."

3.4. Year of the first description

We follow the statement of Hemming (1958).

3.5. Literature

• Agassiz, D.J.L., Beavan, S.D. & R.J. Heckford (2013): Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles. Royal Entomological Society. 206pp.
• 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.

3.6. Information at other websites (external links)

• [The Moths of Borneo]