kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 >
superfamily: Bombycoidea >
family: Sphingidae >
subfamily: Macroglossinae >
tribe: Macroglossini >
genus: Daphnis Hübner, 1819 >
species: Daphnis placida Walker, 1856 >