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Neopolyptychus convexus
Neopolyptychus convexus (male)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Neopolyptychus
Species:	N. convexus
Binomial name
Neopolyptychus convexus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Synonyms
Polyptychus pygarga convexus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Polyptychus springerae Clark, 1936

Neopolyptychus convexus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and western Tanzania.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm for males and 34–44 mm for females.

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.

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