Polyptychus anochus
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Polyptychus anochus | |
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Polyptychus anochus anochus (male) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Polyptychus |
Species: | P. anochus
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Binomial name | |
Polyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
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Polyptychus anochus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Sierra Leone to Nigeria and the Congo.[1]
The wingspan is 30–33 mm.
Subspecies
- Polyptychus anochus anochus
- Polyptychus anochus margo Pierre & Basquin, 2005 (Central African Republic)[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Polyptychus anochus margo Pierre & Basquin, 2005 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". CATE Sphingidae. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
- Taxa named by Karl Jordan
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