Brahmaea (Bramophthalma) celebica

Brahmaea (Bramophthalma) celebica flies in Sulawesi.

This species originally was described as a subspecies of Brahmaea hearseyi. In 1987, Holloway gave this taxon full species rank due to genitalia and pattern differences to Brahmaea hearseyi.

Privet would be a likely choice as a larval host.

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During a visit of S. Naumann in Leiden a female celebica from Peleng Island was found in the museum collection which differs interestingly from the Sulawesi mainland specimens; a male, collected recently on Peleng, fitted with this female very good. Studies on this population are still in progress (Naumann & Meister, in preparation). In the museum´s collection also the holotype of Brahmaea hearseyi luchti Dupont, 1937 from Samarinda, Borneo, was relocated and now is evidently lost.