Polyptychus coryndoni

Polyptychus coryndoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Polyptychus
Species:	P. coryndoni
Binomial name
	Polyptychus coryndoni; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Polyptychus coryndoni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from Zimbabwe to Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. It has also been recorded from northern Nigeria.[1]

The length of the forewings is 34–38 mm for males and 39–43 mm for females. The forewings are grey with rather faint dark transverse lines. There is a blackish spot near the tornus and occasionally traces of basal spots. The hindwings are brick red, edged with black, except at the tornus which is grey. There are two black spots near the tornus and traces of the inner marginal black streak. The body is grey. The female has broader wings, which are also more rounded than in males. The forewings and body are more brownish, sometimes almost cinnamon.

References

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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[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.