Genus Paranthrene Hübner, [1819]: 128

Type species: Sphinx asiliformis Schiffermüller, 1775: 305 .

= Memythrus Newman, 1832: 53 (TS: Sphinx tabaniformis Rottemburg, 1775: 110).

= Paranthrena Herrich-Schäffer, [1846]: 58 (emend. Parathrene Huebner, [1819] .

= Sciapteron Staudinger, 1854: 43 (TS: Sphinx asiliformis Schiffermuller 1775: 305).

= Tarsa Walker, 1856b: 61 (TS: Tarsa bombyciformis Walker, 1856b: 61).

= Fatua H. Edwards, 1882: 97 (TS: Trochilium denudatum Harriss, 1839: 310).

= Sciopterum Bartel, 1912: 376 (emend. Sciopteron Staudinger, 1854).