Saptha elegans was described by Walsingham in 1900 as Saphtha elegans (see reference to the original description). The holotype is deposited at the BMNH (see images).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith