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Neopolyptychus compar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Neopolyptychus
Species:	N. compar
Binomial name
Neopolyptychus compar (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Synonyms
Polyptychus compar Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Neopolyptychus compar is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania.

The wingspan is 64–83 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Brachystegia spicaeformis.

Subspecies

• Neopolyptychus compar compar (Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania)
• Neopolyptychus compar septentrionalis Carcasson, 1968 (coastal areas of Kenya and northern Tanzania)

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. 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.
3. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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