Polyptychus baxteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern and western Africa.
Polyptychus baxteri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Polyptychus |
Species: | P. baxteri |
Binomial name | |
Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908 |
The length of the forewings is 26 mm for males, females are somewhat larger.[1]
The larvae feed on Thespesia species.
Subspecies edit
- Polyptychus baxteri baxteri (Braehystegia savanna and woodland in Tanzania and Zambia)
- Polyptychus baxteri jansei Clark, 1936 (Zimbabwe and western Mozambique)
References edit
- ^ 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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