kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 >
superfamily: Bombycoidea >
family: Sphingidae >
subfamily: Macroglossinae >
tribe: Macroglossini >
genus: Hippotion Hübner, 1819 >
species: Hippotion aurora Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 >