Polyptychus anochus

Polyptychus anochus
Polyptychus anochus anochus (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Polyptychus
Species: P. anochus
Binomial name
Polyptychus anochus
Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Polyptychus anochus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Sierra Leone to Nigeria and the Congo.[1]

The wingspan is 30–33 mm.

Subspecies

  • Polyptychus anochus anochus
  • Polyptychus anochus margo Pierre & Basquin, 2005 (Central African Republic)[2]

References

  1. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "Polyptychus anochus margo Pierre & Basquin, 2005 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". CATE Sphingidae. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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