Polyptychopsis

Polyptychopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Polyptychopsis; Carcasson, 1968
Species:	P. marshalli
Binomial name
	Polyptychopsis marshalli; (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Synonyms
	Polyptychus marshalliRothschild & Jordan, 1903; Polyptychus auriguttatusGehlen, 1934; Polyptychus marshalli meridianusKernbach, 1963;

Last updated June 04, 2024

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]

The wingspan is 53–58 mm.

Subspecies

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)

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References

↑ "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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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. 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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