1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

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

2.1. Original description

1-2: Stoll (1782: 233, pl. CCCXCVIII fig. B) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Sphinx brennus Stoll, [1782] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Chaerocampa[sic] johanna Kirby, 1877 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Panacra maculiventris Miskin, 1891 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hippotion rubribrenna Joicey & Kaye, 1917 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hippotion funebris Gehlen, 1926 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hippotion novaebrittaniae Clark, 1932 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hippotion viettei Darge, 1975 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. 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). [Digitalisat auf archive.org]