Polyptychus nigriplaga
| Polyptychus nigriplaga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychus |
| Species: | P. nigriplaga |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyptychus nigriplaga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 | |
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Polyptychus nigriplaga is a moth in the family Sphingidae. It is native to central and western Africa.
Subspecies
- Polyptychus nigriplaga nigriplaga
- Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui Clark, 1926 (lowland forest from Liberia and the Ivory Coast to the Congo and Uganda)[1]
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.