''Rethera komarovi'', the madder hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Hugo Christoph in 1885. It is found in south-western Europe, Asia Minor, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Iran and Iraq. The wingspan is 55–65 mm for subspecies ''R. k. komarovi'' and 65–81 mm for subspecies ''R. k. manifica''. Adults are on wing from mid-April to mid-June. Larvae have been recorded on '' Rubia'' and '' Galium'' species.

Subspecies

*''Rethera komarovi komarovi'' (mountains of eastern Albania, southern Yugoslavia, northern Greece, southern Bulgaria (as an isolated population), western, central, eastern and southern Turkey, Transcaucasia, Lebanon, northern Jordan, northern Iraq, Armenia, northern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan (western Gissar Mountains), southern and eastern Kazakhstan to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) *''Rethera komarovi boguta'' (Afghanistan) *''Rethera komarovi manifica'' (central and southern Iran) *''Rethera komarovi stipularis'' (Afghanistan)

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* - with information about subspecies ''R. k. komarovi'' * - with information about subspecies ''R. k. manifica'' Macroglossini Moths described in 1853 Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Taxa named by Hugo Theodor Christoph {{Macroglossini-stub