Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised: • H. t. tithymali (Boisduval, 1834) (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura islands) • H. t. mauretanica (Staudinger, 1871) (North Africa) • H. t. deserticola (Staudinger, 1901) (North Africa) • H. t. gecki (de Freina, 1991) (Madeira island) • H. t. phaelipae Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2007 (El Hierro and La Palma islands) • H. t. himyarensis Meerman, 1988 (Yemen) • H. t. cretica (Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998) (Creta island) • H. t. gallaeci Gil-T., Requejo & Estévez, 2011 (north-western Iberian Peninsula, Galicia Region, Spain) - The taxon sammuti [=H. t. sammuti (Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998)] according to molecular studies is a hybrid from H. euphorbiae × H. tithymali. - Hyles tithymali cretica is regarded, according to authors, as a full species or as a hybrid from H. euphorbiae × H. tithymali. - The taxonomic final status of the taxon gallaeci Gil-T., Requejo & Estévez, 2011 (larvae very similar to other taxa of the tithymali group) is awaiting a study molecular (not only of its mitochondrial DNA, but also of its nuclear DNA). Hyles tithymali mauretanica MHNT CUT 2010 0 133 Ifrane Maroc dorsal.jpg|H. t. mauretanica - dorsal side Hyles tithymali mauretanica MHNT CUT 2010 0 133 Ifrane Maroc ventral.jpg|H. t. mauretanica - ventral side Image:Hyles.tithymali.deserticola.jpg|H. t. deserticola Image:Hyles.tithymali.mauretanica.jpg|H. t. mauretanica ==References==