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(Redirected from Polyptychopsis marshalli) Genus of moths

Polyptychopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychopsis
Carcasson, 1968
Species: P. marshalli
Binomial name
Polyptychopsis marshalli
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
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.

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

  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.
Taxon identifiers
Polyptychopsis


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