taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B087D9FFA0FFBEFF1AFA33FECEFA1E.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Poliana leucomelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1915.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA0FFB8FF1AF9FEFF7AFC45.taxon	description	(Figures 3 – 5)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA0FFB8FF1AF9FEFF7AFC45.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 2 ♂♂, Nabanhe National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna (1070 m), Yunnan, 24 - VIII- 2024, Chang-Qiu Liu leg. [LCQC, XZBC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA0FFB8FF1AF9FEFF7AFC45.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figures 3 A – B, 5): The head is greyish-black with white hairs. The thorax is similarly greyish-black with a prominent white patch dorsally on the upperside, while the underside is densely covered with white hair. The abdomen is greyish-black dorsally, with two wavy white stripes, a black lateral stripe on each segment, and a central black patch on the white underside. The forewing is narrow and triangular with a sharp apex; the outer margin is smooth, and the distal part of the inner margin is slightly concave. The upperside ground color is white, scattered with grey scales; a large black-greyish patch and a curved line are present in the basal area. The medial area contains a black zigzag line and an expanded black-greyish patch extending between veins M 3 and CuA 2. The discal spot is white, and there are two dark grey patches near the apex and tornus. On the underside, the ground color is brownish-black, with grey curved lines across the middle area, and yellow hairs cover the area from the basal to the tornus. The hindwing upperside is blackish, with a grey-white tornal area and two white oval patches near the tornus; the margin has alternating black and white hairs. The underside ground color is brownish-black, with grey curved lines in the medial area, and dense white scales are scattered from the base to the tornus. Female (Figures 2 C – D): Similar to the male but with broader wings, a slightly darker and more extensive ground pattern, and significantly more slender antennae. Male genitalia (Figures 3 A – C): The uncus and gnathos form the characteristic “ bird-beak ” structure typical of Sphinginae. The uncus is curved upwards with a sharp apical hook, while the gnathos is straight, shorter, and thicker, with a blunt apex. The valve is tongue-shaped, with the terminal part broader than the basal part and with a blunt apex. The sacculus is robust, apically divided into two sharp-hooked lobes; the longer upper lobe is curved and points upwards, while the shorter lower lobe is thicker and curves downwards. The phallus is slender, with a weakly sclerotized anterior lobe bearing tiny teeth dorsally and ventrally.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA0FFB8FF1AF9FEFF7AFC45.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (S Yunnan), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam (Figure 1). Biological notes. Adults were collected from middle elevation subtropical rainforest, attracted to a light trap at night (Figure 5).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA0FFB8FF1AF9FEFF7AFC45.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was initially classified within the genus Poliana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, before being reassigned to Rothinjoa by Zolotuhin & Ryabov (2012). Rothinjoa is a monotypic genus, previously recorded only in regions of the Indochina Peninsula and now, as documented in this study, in southern Yunnan, China (Figure 1).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA6FFB8FF1AF8BAFE9AF867.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Daphnusa ocellaris Walker, 1856.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA5FFBBFF1AFF26FB4FFAEA.taxon	description	(Figures 6 – 8) Daphnusa haxairei Melichar & Řezáč, 2014; European Entomologist, 6 (3): 190; TL: S. Xizang, China.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA5FFBBFF1AFF26FB4FFAEA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Nyingchi, Xizang Autonomous Region, 25 - VI- 2023, Yun Li leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA5FFBBFF1AFF26FB4FFAEA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figures 6 A – B, 8): The head is brownish-grey with a dorsal black stripe and orange palpi. The thorax is blackish-brown, exhibiting a dorsal pinkish-brown pattern resembling a skeletal face. The basal part of the abdomen is yellow dorsally, transitioning to brown in the middle, and ending in a black terminal region, while the ventral surface remains yellow. The forewing is elongated and triangular, with a falcate apex with a small concavity and a smooth outer margin; the distal part of the inner margin shows slight concavity. The dorsal surface of the forewing has a brown ground color, with a black band marked by zigzag lines in the basal area, accompanied by five dark green curved lines. A black line extends from the basal to the medial area near the cell, along with a dark brown medial line. The coloration transitions to creamy in the medial to submarginal areas, with scattered black scales, and a black falcate patch and line extending from vein Rs 4 to the margin of the anal area and ending in a large circular black patch near the tornus. On the ventral side, the ground color is yellow, featuring patterns similar to those on the dorsal side but more densely marked with brown spots. The hindwing has a yellow ground color with black patches and curved lines in the medial area, with scattered brown crackles, and the submarginal to marginal regions are black. The tornus projects sharply. Ventrally, the ground color remains yellow with a pattern resembling the dorsal side marked in grey-brown, but more extensive. Female: Unknown. Male genitalia (Figures 7 A – D): The uncus is broad, with an apex divided into two lobes, each of which terminates in a sharp, curved hook. The gnathos is absent. The valve is rounded, with a thickened dorsal margin that curves inward, and a long, sharp spine projecting ventrally from the apical region, which also features a sharp hook. The sacculus bears a ventral, elongated, upward-curving sclerite. The phallus is slender, lacking any apical teeth.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA5FFBBFF1AFF26FB4FFAEA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. NE India and China (SE Xizang) (Figure 1). Biological notes. This species was collected in middle elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 8).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA5FFBBFF1AFF26FB4FFAEA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. D. haxairei was described as a separate species based on small differences in male genitalia, wing markings and DNA barcodes (Melichar & Řezáč, 2014). In this study, we recorded this rare species from SE Tibet in China and confirmed the identification by DNA barcoding and male genitalia structure. This is the new distribution record beyond its type locality in S. Xizang. D. haxairei is very similar to D. sinocontinentalis but can be distinguished by the larger forewings, olive eyespot and elongate V-shape of the juxta.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA4FFBAFF1AF8A2FB1BF890.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Smerinthulus quadripunctatus Huwe, 1895	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFABFFB7FF1AFF26FF31F90A.taxon	description	(Figures 9 – 12)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFABFFB7FF1AFF26FF31F90A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Lin’an (840 m), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 14 - X- 2024, Qing-Song Lin leg. [JZHC]; ♂, Yiyang, Hunan, VII- 2023, Local collector leg. [XZBC]; ♂♂, Yingjing (1200 m), Ya’an, Sichuan, VII- 2023, Local collector leg. [XZBC]; ♀, Yingjing (1200 m), Ya’an, Sichuan, VII- 2023, Local collector leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFABFFB7FF1AFF26FF31F90A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figures 9 A – B, 12): The head is yellow-brown with a brown dorsal stripe. The thorax is yellow-brown with a dorsal creamy patch. The abdome is yellow-brown dorsally with a creamy, dotted line; lateral side exhibits black stigma-dots. The forewing is triangular with a pointed apex, outer margin crenulate, the distal part of the inner margin slightly concave. Dorsally, ground color yellow-brown with a prominent creamy postdiscal patch; basal to medial area includes three broad brown zigzag stripes; submarginal area features a brown zigzag line and three brown dots; apex displays a creamy patch. Ventral side ground color yellow with a black postdiscal line that is not prominent. The hindwings is has the ground color ochre with an indistinct dark brown submarginal band; ventrally, ground color yellow with a black postdiscal line and an inconspicuous arrow-shaped patch. Female (Figures 9 C – D, 12): Similar to the male but markedly larger and with broader wings; general ground color ochraceous and with more extensive, pronounced patterning; antennae noticeably slenderer. Male genitalia (Figure 10 A – D): Uncus tongue-shaped with a bilobed terminal portion. Gnathos forms a short, finger-like lobe. Valve is tongue-shaped, with a distinctly swollen dorsal edge and a ventral edge covered in numerous fine teeth; the apical part features two claws. Phallus is slender, lacking an apical tooth. Female genitalia (Figure 11): Anal papillae apophyses rounded. Lamella antevaginalis and lamella postvaginalis broad and weakly sclerotized; ostial lobe circular. Ductus bursae tubular, membranous, and slender, the corpus bursae ellipsoidal.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFABFFB7FF1AFF26FF31F90A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang), Vietnam (Figure 1).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFABFFB7FF1AFF26FF31F90A.taxon	distribution	Biological notes. Adults were collected in middle elevation monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest, attracted to a light trap at night (Figure 12).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFABFFB7FF1AFF26FF31F90A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species closely resembles S. flavomaculatus Inoue, 1990, and S. perversa (Rothschild, 1895) but can be readily distinguished by its shorter, less slender wings, the prominent brown zigzag band on the forewing upperside, and the distinctive structure of the male genitalia. Previously, S. baonganae was only known from central Vietnam; however, DNA barcoding performed for this study confirmed its range now includes Zhejiang, Hunan, and Sichuan in China. The record from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, also represents the northernmost for any species of the genus Smerinthulus. Other Smerinthulus species present in the habitat of S. baonganae include S. perversa pallidus Mell, 1922, and S. mirabilis orientosinica (Brechlin, 2014) from Zhejiang, Hunan, and Sichuan, as well as S. mirabilis tonkiniana (Brechlin, 2014) and S. perversa bachmaensis Brechlin, 2016 from central and northern Vietnam.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA9FFB6FF1AF88AFB5BFB25.taxon	description	(Figures 13 – 17)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA9FFB6FF1AF88AFB5BFB25.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figures 13 A – B, 15 A, 17): The head is yellow-brown with ochre hairs dorsally. The thorax is yellow-brown with two dorsal ochre lines. The abdomen is yellow-brown dorsally with ochre hairs and a central row of pale golden dots; laterally with a yellow stripe. The forewing is triangular with a pointed apex; outer margin crenulate, the distal portion of the inner margin strongly concave. Upperside ground color a deep ferruginous-red, variably patterned with ochreous and orange-yellow patches; the black discal spot has a small transparent center. The basal area includes a dark ochreous patch and a curved line, an olive irregular shape near the cell, a broad brown zigzag stripe, a creamy yellow patch near the tornus, and the apex has a small concavity. Underside — pattern resembles the upperside, but with a paler ground color. The hindwing has the ground color in deep reddish-brown, with faint medial and submarginal bands. Costal margin strongly excavated, forming a prominent subapical lobe. Underside — ground color yellow with a black discal spot; the submarginal line displays a conspicuous reddish-brown, leaf-shaped patch on the edge. Female: Similar to the male, though significantly larger, with an ochraceous ground color. Wings broader, with heavier and more extensive patterns. Antennae noticeably slenderer. Male genitalia (Figures 14 A – D, 16 A): Uncus broad, with apex bifurcated into a pair of lobes, each ending in a sharp curved hook. Gnathos absent. Valve rounded, dorsal margin thickened and bent inward, bearing a long, sharp spine ventrally and a sharp hook at the apex. Sacculus with a ventral, elongated, upwardly curved sclerite. Phallus slender, lacking an apical tooth.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA9FFB6FF1AF88AFB5BFB25.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (SE Xizang), Nepal, India (Figure 1). Biological notes. This species was collected in middle to high elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, either attracted to light at night or found hanging on plants at rest by day. This moth can be easily identified by its unique resting attitude: the wings slightly roll upward and are held so that the strongly curved lobe of the hindwing projects well in front of the costa of forewings (Figure 17).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFA9FFB6FF1AF88AFB5BFB25.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This splendid moth occurs from Southeast Asia, southern China and parts of Himalaya regions, generally inhabiting montane forest over 1000 m. Thus, a number of subspecies have been separated from different mountain ranges based on phylogenetic analyses and small differences in appearance, including the male genitalia (Haxaire, Melichar, Kitching & Brechlin, 2022) (Figure 15 – 16). The exact borders of the ranges and the taxonomic status of these subspecies requires further verification in future. In this study, we recorded the nominotypical subspecies of S. mirabilis in SE Tibet from China first time, confirmed by DNA barcoding.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFAEFFB0FF1AFA16FA53F9E4.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Ambulyx floralis Butler, 1876.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFAEFFB3FF1AF9E4FBA8F85A.taxon	description	(Figures 18 – 20)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFAEFFB3FF1AF9E4FBA8F85A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Chentang, Dinggyê county, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, 2 - VI- 2024, Local collector leg. [XZBC]; ♀, Biebeng Township, Motuo County (1950 m), Xizang Autonomous Region, China, 27 - VI- 2021, Zheng-Yang Liu leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFAEFFB3FF1AF9E4FBA8F85A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figure 18 A – B): Head, thorax, and abdomen with dorsal side green, ventral side pale green. Forewing elongate-triangular, with a heavily crenulate outer margin and pointed apex; distal portion of inner margin concave and sparsely covered with brownish-purple scales. Dorsal side green with five dark green curved lines scattered with silver scales from basal to medial area; submarginal area with an indistinct zigzag pattern. Ventral side pale green with red interno-discoidal area; a curved olive line extends beyond the interno-discoidal area, with a nearly straight, white-edged olive line in the medial area and an indistinct submarginal zigzag pattern that becomes brownish-purple towards the tornus. Hindwing — dorsal side red with a whitish costal area and green marginal area; ventral side pale green, with three straight, white-edged olive lines from basal to submarginal area and a faint brownish-purple marking near the tornus. Female: Similar to male but significantly larger, with a faded ground color and patterns, broader wings, and more slender antennae. Male Genitalia (Figure 19 A – D): Uncus elongate and tongue-shaped, with a finely bilobed terminal section. Gnathos absent. Sacculus broad, sclerotized apically, bearing a long, curved, ventral claw; juxta leaf-shaped. Phallus short and straight, with a terminal lobe that features a circular sclerite edged with sharp teeth.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFAEFFB3FF1AF9E4FBA8F85A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (S Xizang and SE Xizang), Nepal, Bhutan, India (Figure 1). Biological Notes. This species inhabits high-elevation evergreen broadleaf forests. Specimens were attracted to light at night or observed resting on plants during the day (Figure 20).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFAEFFB3FF1AF9E4FBA8F85A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species, the type species of Rhodoprasina, has previously been recorded in Nepal, Bhutan, and NE India (Řezáč, 2018). It is distinguished by its heavily crenulate outer margin and variable body coloration, which ranges from green to yellow-greenish or bronze in some individuals. This study records the species for the first time from Chentang, S Xizang, near the China-Nepal border, confirmed by DNA barcoding.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFACFFB2FF1AFA27FAC3FA19.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Sphinx panopus Cramer, 1779.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFACFFAFFF1AF9FBFE08F82C.taxon	description	(Figures 21 – 24)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFACFFAFFF1AF9FBFE08F82C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Xima (1500 m), Yingjiang county, Yunnan, China, VI- 2023, Wei-Zong Yang leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFACFFAFFF1AF9FBFE08F82C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Male (Figures 21 A – B, 23 A, 24): The Head is brown with a black dorsal stripe; palpi orange. The Thorax is black-brown with a dorsal, pink-brown face-like pattern. The Abdomenwith basal part yellow dorsally, transitioning to brown at midsection, then black terminally; ventral side yellow. The Forewing is elongated, triangular, apex with a small concavity; outer margin smooth; distal portion of inner margin slightly concave. Upperside ground color yellow brown with a black basal zigzag pattern,; base with black patch and curved lines, a black patch and a dark brown medial line near the cell. The medial to submarginal area transitions from olive green to a creamy tone scattered with black scales. The marginal area includes a narrow triangular patch and a black line extending from vein Rs 4 to the anal margin, with a large black circular patch near the tornus. Underside — yellow ground color mirroring upperside patterning in brown, with denser brown spots. The hindwing has a yellow ground color with a black patch and curved lines in the middle area scattered with brown spots; submarginal to marginal area black, and the tornus projects sharply. Underside — yellow with grey-brown patterns matching those of the upperside but more extensive.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFACFFAFFF1AF9FBFE08F82C.taxon	description	Female: Similar to male but noticeably larger, with paler ground color and patterning, broader wings, and more slender antennae. Male Genitalia (Figures 22 A – D): Uncus long, curved, with a blunt apex. Gnathos shorter and pointed. Valve rounded with a tongue-shaped friction scale. Sacculus shovel-shaped, tapering to a sharp apical hook. Phallus long and straight, with an anterior lobe featuring a finger-like sclerite, edged with fine teeth.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFACFFAFFF1AF9FBFE08F82C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (W and S Yunnan), India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Figure 1).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFACFFAFFF1AF9FBFE08F82C.taxon	biology_ecology	Biological notes. This species was collected in middle elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night or found hanging on plants at rest in daytime (Figure 24).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFACFFAFFF1AF9FBFE08F82C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. A. mansoni is morphologically similar to the widespread species A. panopus (Cramer, 1779) but is readily distinguishable by its uniformly creamy forewing coloration and falcate shape. The hindwing upperside of A. mansoni lacks the rose-pink patch of A. panopus, where it is prominent. This species is typical of subtropical habitats and has only been recorded in China at border locations, with a confirmed record from Yingjiang, Yunnan (Jiang & Huang, 2023) and Menghai, Yunnan (current study). An isolated subspecies, ssp. takamukui, is endemic to Taiwan, China (Figure 23).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB0FFAEFF1AFF26FECEFEF3.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Griseosphinx preechari Cadiou & Kitching, 1990.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB0FFA8FF1AFED5FF1EFEFD.taxon	description	(Figures 25 – 27)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB0FFA8FF1AFED5FF1EFEFD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 1 ♂, Chongzuo, Guangxi (1840 m), 4 - V- 2024, Xin Xie leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB0FFA8FF1AFED5FF1EFEFD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figures 25 A – B, 27): The head is olive with a gray stripe near the eyes. The thorax is olive with dorsal gray hairs. The abdomen is olive dorsally, with gray hairs and a central row of dark green dots. The forewing is elongated and triangular, with a rounded apex and a smoothly curved outer margin. The forewing upperside has a gray base, interspersed with olive and deep green patches, and a black discal spot; the basal area exhibits curved olive lines with an irregularly shaped deep green patch near the discal cell. The marginal area appears whitish, with the apex and veins Rs 4 and M 1 densely covered in white scales. Ventrally, the forewing transitions from a basal ochre ground color to dark grayish towards the margin. The hindwing upperside is uniformly brownish, while the underside is ochre with a dark grayish marginal area. Female: Similar to the male but noticeably larger, with paler ground color and patterns, broader wings, and slenderer antennae. Male genitalia (Figures 26 A – D): The uncus and gnathos form the characteristic “ bird-beak ” structure of the Macroglossini. The uncus is straight, ending in a tiny apical hook, while the gnathos is slightly thicker, with a slightly spatulate apex. The valve is oval, and the sacculus tapers to a sinuate, sharp hook that is distinctly upcurved apically. The phallus is short and straight, terminating in a bilobed apical process; one lobe is short and broad, edged with several spines, and the other lobe is slender, ventrally projecting, and apically dentate.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB0FFA8FF1AFED5FF1EFEFD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (SW Guangxi), N. Vietnam (Figure 1). Biological notes. This species was collected in high elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 27).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB0FFA8FF1AFED5FF1EFEFD.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This rare hawkmoth had previously been known from only a very few specimens from N Vietnam, and is characterized by its conspicuous whitish marginal line on forewings. We here report the first male from Chongzuo, Guangxi, China, near the border with Vietnam. Photographs of living adult is also illustrated for the first time.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB6FFA8FF1AFEDFFB7BFE2B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Dahira rubiginosa Moore, 1888.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB6FFA5FF1AFDACFBAFFF35.taxon	description	(Figures 28 – 32)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB6FFA5FF1AFDACFBAFFF35.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 2 ♂♂, Nyingchi, Xizang Autonomous Region (2050 m), 24 - V- 2024, Xin Wang leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB6FFA5FF1AFDACFBAFFF35.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figure 28 A – B, 30 A, 32): Head, thorax, and abdomen with dorsal surface purplish-brown with dark brown hairs, ventral surface ochreous. Forewing triangular and elongated, with a sharply pointed apex and smoothly curved outer margin; distal portion of the inner margin slightly concave. Forewing upperside ground color purplish-grey, with a basal area marked by brown crackle patterns, a black discal spot, and two black zigzag lines in the medial area. A broad blackish-brown band extends from the middle of the costa to the outer margin at the end of vein M 3, expanding into a large triangular patch that nearly reaches the tornus. An ochreous lunule, scattered with yellow, present near the apex, with two additional ochreous lunules on the submarginal area below veins CuA 1 and CuA 2. The ground color transitions from the middle of the costa to a greyish tone near the apex. The underside is ochreous with a dark brown internodiscoidal area and six faint dark greyish zigzag lines in the postmedial area; a yellow subapical lunule and two postmedian marks are present below veins CuA 1 and CuA 2. The hindwing upperside uniformly black-brownish; underside ochreous with the inner area greyish and the marginal area brownish, featuring three indistinct dark greyish zigzag lines in the marginal region. Female: Similar to the male but larger, with paler ground color and patterning. The wings are broader, and the antennae are noticeably slenderer. Male genitalia (Figure 29 A – D, 31 A): The uncus and gnathos form a typical Macroglossini “ bird-beak ” structure, with the uncus slightly curved and bearing a minute apical hook. The gnathos is thicker than the uncus, terminating in fine apical teeth. The sacculus is slender, tapering into a sharp, slightly upward-directed apical lobe. The phallus is short and straight, ending in a bilobed apical process; one lobe is short and broad with marginal spines, while the other is slenderer with an apically dentate edge.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB6FFA5FF1AFDACFBAFFF35.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (S and SE Xizang), NE India, Nepal (Figure 1). Biological notes. This species was collected in middle to high elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 32).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB6FFA5FF1AFDACFBAFFF35.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This moth occurs from Southeast Asia, southern China and parts of Himalaya regions, generally inhabiting montane forest from middle to high elevations. DNA barcode analysis shows a clear separation of the populations from Taiwan, southeast China, northeast India and mainland South East Asia and these four groups are currently treated as subspecies (Haxaire et al., 2021; Qi et al., 2022) (Figure 30). In this study, we recorded the nominotypical subspecies, D. o. obliquifascia in SE Tibet, China for the first time with DNA barcoding confirming the identification. In the male genitalia, the apical plate of the phallus has a much thinner and longer lateral projection than in the other subspecies (Figure 31). In addition, the subspecies of D. obliquifascia are all very similar in appearance and it is not easy to distinguish them without detailed locality information.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBBFFA7FF1AFEA8FA99FEA1.taxon	description	(Figures 33 – 36, 39 D – F)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBBFFA7FF1AFEA8FA99FEA1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 2 ♂♂, Chentang (2050 m), Dinggyê county, Xizang Autonomous Region (2050 m), 24 - V- 2024, Lu Liu leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBBFFA7FF1AFEA8FA99FEA1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figures 33 – 34, 39 D): Morphologically similar to the nominotypical subspecies, but with a paler body coloration. The black band on the forewing upperside appears less distinct than in the nominotypical subspecies. Female: Resembles the male but exhibits a slightly ochraceous hue. The wings are broader with a paler ground pattern, and the antennae are noticeably slenderer than those of the male. Male genitalia (Figures 35, 39 E – F): Similar in general structure to the nominotypical subspecies, but with differences in the apical process of the phallus, which is sharp and tapered rather than blunt and multidentate as in the nominotypical subspecies. Additionally, the harpe is relatively wider and flatter, contrasting with the tapered, nearly rectilinear form observed in the nominotypical subspecies.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBBFFA7FF1AFEA8FA99FEA1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (SW Xizang), Nepal, Bhutan (Figure 1). Biological notes. This subspecies was collected in high elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 36).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBBFFA7FF1AFEA8FA99FEA1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This subspecies was first recorded from China in Zhangmu, Nyalam, Xizang by IZAS (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) based on two males (Figure 34), and published as [Ʀ Ễāh 天ª] Acosmeryx tibetana Chu & Wang, 1980 (Chu & Wang, 1980; Chu & Wang, 1997). This was later synonymized with Acosmeryx yunnanfuana by Inoue (1990) and then with Dahira yunnanfuana montivaga by Haxaire, Melichar & Manjunatha (2021). In the present study, we provide detailed illustrations of the habitus and male genitalia of newly collected specimens in China, offering updated data since the initial IZAS records from several decades ago.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB9FFA1FF1AFB75FEE5FC61.taxon	description	(Figures 37 – 40)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB9FFA1FF1AFB75FEE5FC61.taxon	materials_examined	Dahira yunnanfuana indicus Melichar, 2021; European Entomologist, 13 (3): 118; TL: S. Xizang, China.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB9FFA1FF1AFB75FEE5FC61.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 4 ♂♂, Nyingchi, Xizang Autonomous Region (2050 m), 24 - V- 2024, Xin Wang leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB9FFA1FF1AFB75FEE5FC61.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figures 37 A – B, 39 G, 40): Resembling the nominotypical subspecies, with a slightly ochraceous body color. The black band on the forewing upperside appears less distinct, while the white square patch is more prominent compared to the nominotypical subspecies. Female: Unknown. Male genitalia (Figures 38 A – D, 39 H – I): Similar to the nominotypical subspecies, but with a more sharply tapered apical process of the phallus, in contrast to the blunt, multidentate form in the nominotypical subspecies. The harpe is basally broad and abruptly narrows into a strongly curved hook, rather than the tapered, nearly rectilinear shape seen in the nominotypical subspecies.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB9FFA1FF1AFB75FEE5FC61.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (SE and S Xizang). Biological notes. This subspecies was collected in high elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 40).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFB9FFA1FF1AFB75FEE5FC61.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This moth occurs from C and SW China and Himalaya regions, generally inhabiting montane forests at high elevations. The species was split into three subspecies by Haxaire et al. (2021) based on the results of DNA barcode analysis and male genital morphology. These subspecies show few differences in appearance but can be separated by small characters in the male genitalia (Figure 39): the shape of the harpe seems to tapered and nearly rectilinear in nominotypical subspecies, wider and flatter in ssp. montivaga, and with a broad base, narrowed into a strongly curved hook in ssp. indicus. In this study, we recorded D. y. indicus from SE Tibet in China and confirmed the identification by DNA barcoding and male genitalia structure, extending its distribution beyond its type locality in S. Xizang.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBFFFA0FF1AF95DFE1FFDDD.taxon	description	(Figures 41 – 43) Dahira klaudiae Brechlin, Melichar & Haxaire, 2006; In: Brechlin & Melichar, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo (N. F.), 27 (4): 210; TL: ‘ Songluohe, Daba Shan, Hubei, China’.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBFFFA0FF1AF95DFE1FFDDD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Qinling Mts, Shaanxi, 24 - V- 2024, Local collector leg. [XZBC]; ♀, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, 10 - V- 2024, Yu-Fei Li leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBFFFA0FF1AF95DFE1FFDDD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figure 41 A – B): Similar to the D. yunnanfuana, but body color ochraceous and the upperside of the forewing is variegated with ochreous and brown scales, rather than the grey scales of D. yunnanfuana. The discal spot is yellow and the orange patch near the apex is more conspicuous than in D. yunnanfuana. Hindwings more ochraceous. Female (Figure 41 C – D, 43): Similar to male, but wings broader and ground pattern slightly paler, antennae much slenderer. Female genitalia (Figure 42): Anal papillae rounded. Lamella antevaginalis and lamella postvaginalis slender and weakly sclerotized; antrum long, funnel-shaped. Ductus bursae tubular, membranous and slender. Corpus bursae ellipsoidal, signum elongated and covered in tiny spinules.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBFFFA0FF1AF95DFE1FFDDD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Hubei) (Figure 1). Biological notes. This species was collected in middle to high elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 43).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBDFF9DFF1AFADEFC93FA0D.taxon	description	(Figures 44 – 46)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBDFF9DFF1AFADEFC93FA0D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Changning County (2359 m), Baoshan, Yunnan, 25 - VI- 2013, Chuan-Hui Yi leg. [SFUC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBDFF9DFF1AFADEFC93FA0D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figure 44 A – B): The head, thorax, and abdomen are dorsally grey with a transverse band of black-brown hair; the ventral side is reddish-brown. The forewing is broadly triangular with a pointed apex, and a smooth outer margin. The upperside has a greyish-brown ground color, with a grey waved patch at the base and two crenulate brown stripes in the medial region. A zigzag postmedial band with large silver scales edges the outer side, which also has a row of black dots, and there is a prominent olive eyespot bordered by brown scales near the tornus. Near the apex, there is a slender brown patch. The underside is brown with two zigzag submarginal lines, and silver scales cover the area from the submarginal zone to the margin. Hindwing: The upperside is uniformly greyish-brown, lacking the silver stripes and chestnut patch near the tornus found in similar species. The underside is reddish-brown, with curved medial and postmedial lines and a large silver patch near the apex. Female: Unknown. Male genitalia (Figure 45 A – D): The uncus is strongly bifid, with broad-based apical sclerotized fingers, each of which ends in a darkly sclerotized apical spur. The juxta is elongate and V-shaped. The valve is small and rounded, with a concave inner surface, and the ventral margin encompasses most of the sharp, hook-like harpe. The phallus is slender and slightly curved, with an anterior lobe that has a bifid, double hammerhead shape.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBDFF9DFF1AFADEFC93FA0D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (W Yunnan, S. Xizang). Biological notes. This species was collected in high elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 46).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FFBDFF9DFF1AFADEFC93FA0D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This rare moth was previously known only from the holotype male from S. Xizang, China. We here record a second individual from Changning, Boshan, Yunnan from China, which is quite distant from the type locality. The species is characterized by its extremely uniform pattern, the conspicuous silver patch on forewings and the male genitalia. Our findings suggest that the distributional range of this Dahira species is broader than previously documented, warranting further field investigations.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FF83FF9DFF1AF980FDFBF946.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Sphinx anceus Stoll, 1781.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FF83FF9EFF1AF95AFE4AFE4D.taxon	description	(Figures 47 – 50)	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FF83FF9EFF1AF95AFE4AFE4D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 2 ♂♂, Bapo (1312 m), Dulongjiang, Yunnan, 6 - VI- 2024, Yi-Ting Lin leg. [YUC]; 2 ♂♂, Maku (1248 m), Dulongjiang, Yunnan, 8 - VI- 2024, Yi-Ting Lin leg. [YUC]; ♂, Maku (1270 m), Dulongjiang, Yunnan, 25 - VI- 2024, Zheng-Yi Miao leg. [JZHC].	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FF83FF9EFF1AF95AFE4AFE4D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male (Figures 47 A – B, 49 D, 50): Morphologically very similar to the nominotypical subspecies, but larger and with a paler, more grayish coloration. The transverse black-brown band crossing the forewing distal to the discal cell is less prominent. Female: Similar to the male, with broader wings and a slightly darker and more extensive ground pattern; antennae noticeably slenderer. Male genitalia (Figures 48 A – D, 49 E – F): Very similar to those of the nominotypical subspecies, but distinguished by a sharper and more slender harpe. Additionally, the right process of the transverse apical phallus is noticeably longer and more tapered.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FF83FF9EFF1AF95AFE4AFE4D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (S Xizang, NW Yunnan). Biological notes. This subspecies was collected in middle elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 50).	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
03B087D9FF83FF9EFF1AF95AFE4AFE4D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species occurs in E, SE and SW China, north Vietnam and the Himalaya, generally inhabiting montane forest at middle elevations. DNA barcode analysis was used to justify splitting this species into three subspecies (Haxaire & Melichar, 2023). These show little difference in habitus but can be separated by small characters of the male genitalia (Figure 49). The paler and more grayish color and slender size of ssp. sinjaevi compared to the nominotypical subspecies, and, in ssp. arunachalensis, the sharp and slender harpe of the male genitalia are also very conspicuous. In this study, we recorded A. f. arunachalensis from NW Yunnan and confirmed its identification by DNA barcoding and male genitalia structure, thus extending its known range beyond the type locality in S. Xizang.	en	Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Xu, Zhen-Bang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liu, Chang-Qiu, Wang, Xin, Hu, Shao-Ji (2025): New records and notes of hawkmoths from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Zootaxa 5673 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.1
