1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1-3: Cramer ([1779]: 59-60, pl. CCXXVII fig. C) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Phalaena cephise Cramer, [1779] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Trigonodes maxima Guenée, 1852 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chalchiope saina Swinhoe, 1918 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. 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).