Polyptychus andosa andosa

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: Polyptychus andosa
Subspecies: Polyptychus andosa andosa

Name

Polyptychus andosa andosa (Walker, 1856)

Type locality: Sierra Leone

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit D.F. Morgan

Synonymy

• Panacra andosa Walker, 1856
• Polyptychus andosa (Walker, 1856); Butler, 1876: 584.

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VIII. Sphingidae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–271. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Butler, A. G. 1876. Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9: 511-644. Reference page.