1. Live pictures

1.1. Falter

1: Japan, detailed information unknown, 2013 (cult. & fot.: Heinrich Vogel)Forum

2-3: Indonesien, Bali, Batubulan, 7. Februar 2021 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

1.2. Caterpillar

1-2: Japan, detailed information unknown, 2013 (cult. & fot.: Heinrich Vogel)Forum

3: younger larva, Japan, Miyazaki, Mimata, 147 m, 28. July 2013, day finding (det. & phot.: Rolf Stricker)Forum

4: Indonesien, Bali, Batubulan, 19. Januar 2021 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

5: Japan, Miyazaki, Mimata, 310 m, 23. August 2012 (fot.: Rolf Stricker), det. Roland BreithauptForum

1.3. Pupa

1: Indonesien, Bali, Batubulan, 27. Januar 2021 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

2. Diagnosis

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

2.1. Original description

1: Fabricius (1775: 542) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Biology

3.1. Caterpillar food

1: Buschtraube Cayratia trifolia: Indonesien, Bali, Batubulan, 24. Februar 2018 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

2: Buschtraube Cayratia trifolia: Indonesien, Bali, Batubulan, 30. Januar 2021 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

4. Further information

4.1. Other combinations

• Sphinx oldenlandiae Fabricius, 1775 [Original combination]

4.2. Synonyms

• Sphinx drancus Cramer, [1777] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Deilephila argentata Stephens, 1828 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chaerocampa[sic] sobria Walker, 1856 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chaerocampa[sic] puellaris Butler, 1875 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Deilephila proxima Austaut, 1892 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Delephila olivacens Mell, 1922 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Theretra fuscata Gehlen, 1941 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Theretra olivascens Inoue, 1973 [synonym according to funet.fi]

4.3. Subspecies

• Theretra oldenlandiae lewini (Thon, 1828) [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Theretra oldenlandiae samoana Gehlen, 1941 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

4.4. Faunistics

According to [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] the species occurs in Australia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan, India, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Hongkong, Singapur and Vietnam.

Kuchlein & de Vos (1999: 136) report on the discovery of a dislocated specimen in The Netherlands: "[16] In 1993 an imported specimen of Theretra oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775), originating from Indonesia, was recieved and determined by the Plant Protection Service in Wageningen (G. Romeijn, i.l.)."

(Autoren: Michel Kettner & Erwin Rennwald)

4.5. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1775): Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 1-832. Flensburgi et Lipsiae (Officina Libraria Kortii).
• Kuchlein, J.H. & R. de Vos (1999): Geannoteerde Naamlijst van de Nederlandse Vlinders - Annotated Checklist of the Dutch Lepidoptera. — 302 S.; Leiden (Backhuys Publishers)

4.6. Information at other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic by A.R. Pittaway & I.J. Kitching]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]