Polyptychopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Genus:
Polyptychopsis

Carcasson, 1968
Species:
P. marshalli
Binomial name
Polyptychopsis marshalli
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Polyptychus auriguttatus Gehlen, 1934
  • Polyptychus marshalli meridianus Kernbach, 1963

Polyptychopsis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. It contains only one species, Polyptychopsis marshalli, which is known from Brachystegia woodland in large parts of Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 53–58 mm.

Subspecies

  • Polyptychopsis marshalli marshalli (Zimbabwe to Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania)
  • Polyptychopsis marshalli auriguttatus (Gehlen, 1934) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Tanzania and probably eastern Angola)
  • Polyptychopsis marshalli meridianus (Kernbach, 1963) (Zimbabwe)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Polyptychopsis.
  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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