This taxon has previously been referred to as Miltochrista alikangiae and Lyclene alikangiae.
However, the publication of a review for the alikangiae group by Volynkin & Černý, 2020 makes it clear that true alikangiae does not occur in Hong Kong. Indeed, the Hong Kong taxon doesn't match any of the species in the group, though is clearly allied. The most similar species is Huangilene apoklinousa