Hemaris saldaitisi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tuva in Russia.

Hemaris saldaitisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hemaris
Species:	H. saldaitisi
Binomial name
Hemaris saldaitisi Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998[1]
Synonyms
Mandarina saldaitisi Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998

It is similar to Hemaris tityus, but the marginal forewing band is very narrow and that of the hindwing is almost absent. Kitching & Cadiou considered that the diagnostic features of the holotype of Hemaris saldaitisi fell within the range of variation of Hemaris tityus and treated the former as a junior synonym of the latter. Eitschberger et al. reinstated Hemaris saldaitisi as a species, but gave no reason for doing so and did not attempt to refute the arguments of Kitching & Cadiou.

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