Neopolyptychus consimilis

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Neopolyptychus consimilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Neopolyptychus
Species:
N. consimilis
Binomial name
Neopolyptychus consimilis
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) [1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus consimilisRothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Polyptychus belgicaClark, 1926
  • Polyptychus sudanensisClark, 1927

Neopolyptychus consimilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Savanna from southern Sudan to the Congo. [2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm for males.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. 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.


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