Polyptychus carteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo and Uganda.[1]

Polyptychus carteri
Polyptychus carteri, adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
P. carteri
Binomial name
Polyptychus carteri
(Butler, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Pseudosmerinthus carteri Butler, 1852
  • Polyptychus poliadles Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

References

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  1. ^ 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.