Polyptychus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Polyptychus
Species: P. afarissaque – P. affinis – P. andosa – P. anochus – P. assimilis – P. auriguttatus – P. aurora – P. baltus – P. barnsi – P. baxteri – P. bernardii – P. bouyeri – P. cadioui – P. calcareus – P. carteri – P. chinensis – P. claudiae – P. coryndoni – P. dargei – P. dentatus – P. deschampsi – P. digitatus – P. distensus – P. ducarmei – P. enodia – P. erosus – P. ferroseus – P. fractus – P. girardi – P. grayii – P. guessfeldti – P. hamatus – P. herbuloti – P. hollandi – P. insulanus – P. jansei – P. jolyanorum – P. kitchingi – P. kivui – P. lagnelae – P. lapidatus – P. lucindae – P. marshalli – P. mbarikensis – P. melichari – P. molitor – P. murinus – P. nigriplaga – P. niloticus – P. obtusus – P. orthographus – P. paupercula – P. pierrei – P. poliades – P. politzari – P. potiendus – P. retusus – P. rougeoti – P. ruaha – P. septentrionalis – P. sinus – P. smithi – P. thihongae – P. trilineatus – P. trisecta – P. vuattouxi – P. wojtusiaki

Name

Polyptychus Carcasson, 1968

Type species: Sphinx dentatus Cramer, 1777

Synonyms

Larunda (Kernbach) Kernbach, 1954
Lycosphingia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (synonymized by Pierre 2014: 225)
- Type species: Smerinthus hamatus Dewitz, 1879. By original designation
Polyptychoides Carcasson, 1968 (Synonymized by J. Pierre (2001: 262, 263) and Implicitly resynonymized by J. Pierre, 2014: 226).
- Type species: Smerinthus grayi Walker, 1856. By original designation
Polyptychopsis Carcasson, 1968 (synonymized by Pierre 2014: 225)
- Type species: Polyptychus marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. By original designation and monotypy.
Avinoffia Clark, 1929 (synonymized J. Pierre, 2014: 224).
- Type species: Lycosphingia hollandi Clark, 1917. By original designation.
Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1892 (synonymized by Pierre 2014: 225)
- Type species: Ambulix guessfeldtii Dewitz, 1879 By monotypy

References

Bouyer, T. 2016. Description de nouvelles espèces de Polyptychus Hübner, 1919 du "complexe nigriplaga" (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae). Lambillionea 116(3): 210–224. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. 2008. A new taxon of the genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819 [1816] from China (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomo-satsphingia 2(2): 38–42. Reference page.
Brechlin, R., Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou. J.M. 2001. Description of a new species of the genus Polyptychus Hübner, [1819] „1816” (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 22 (1): 31–35. Reference page.
Clark, B.P. 1926. Descriptions of twelve new Sphingidae and remarks upon some other species. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9: 45–59. Reference page.
Hogenes, W. & Treadaway, C. G. (1998): The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Supplement 17: 17–132
Kernbach, K. 1954. Larunda n. gen. Eine neue afrikanische Sphingiden-Gattung. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 50(3-4): 216–220.Reference page.
Kitching, I.J. 2016: A new species of Polyptychus Hübner, [1819] from Cuanza Sul, Angola (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Entomologia africana 21(2): 19–28. Reference page.
Pierre, J. 2014. Polyptychus lagnelae nom. nov. for Avinoffia hollandi (Clark, 1917). The genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819. Concept of genus (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 119(2): 223–228. Reference page.
Pierre, J. & Basquin, P. 2021. Nouvelles données sur les Polyptychus ouest-africains (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 126(1): 93-97. DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2116.. Reference page.
Rothschild, L.W. 1904. New Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 435–440. Full article BHL Reference page.
Takano, H. 2021. Two new species of Polyptychus Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from West Africa. Ecologica Montenegrina 47: 1-8. DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.47.1. . Reference page.