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]
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| Genus: | Polyptychopsis Carcasson, 1968
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| Species: | P. marshalli
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The wingspan is 53–58 mm.
Subspecies
edit- 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Polyptychopsis.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ 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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