1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: Australia, Queensland, n/w Innisfail, Biggs Road, Golden Hole, 80 m, 20. April 2009, lux (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

2: Bhutan, Zhemgang, Tingtibi, village, 600 m, 20. April 2018, lux (det. & phot.: Oskar Jungklaus)Forum

3: Philippines, Panglao, Terrasse der Hütte in Parklandschaft mit Büschen und Palmen, 10 m, 9. Februar 2014 (fot.: Ray Arndt), det. Roland BreithauptForum

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: Cramer ([1780]: 164, pl. CCLXXXV fig. A) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

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

3.2. Synonyms

• Psilogramma emarginata (Moore, [1858]) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Sphinx ahrendti Pagenstecher, 1888 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Psilogramma darius (Ménétriés, 1957) [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

According to [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] this species is present in Australia, Guam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, India, China, New Caledonia, USA, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Singapore and Vanuatu.

Locus typicus referred to original description: Isle d'Amboine [Amboina, Indonesian Molucca Island].

(Author: Michel Kettner)

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).

3.5. Informations from other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [Butterfly House]
• [Moths of Borneo]