Daphnis minima Butler, 1876 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009 urn:lsid:cate-sphingidae.org:taxon:d7e494bf-6bf4-1014-884b-8757473e38d3
Very similar to Daphnis placida placida but smaller.
Forewing upperside very similar to Daphnis placida placida but median olive-green band less oblique, wider posteriorly and narrower before middle.
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Male Genitalia
Similar to Daphnis placida placida but: Gnathos shorter than uncus, less curved. Valve less dilated dorsally. Harpe with distal angle not protruding into a long process. Aedeagus apical process with two short dentate lobes on left and right sides.
Female Genitalia
Other Topics
Typification
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool.9 (suppl.): 808, considered that the two syntypes of D. m. minima were accidentally small and pale (bred?).
