Polyptychus baltus

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 baltus

Name

Polyptychus baltus Pierre, 1985

Type locality: Gabon, Makokou, Ipassa.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 28.XI.1976, legit C. Pierre-Baltus. genitalia slide Pierre S-45♂.

References

Primary references

• Pierre, J. 1985. Trois nouvelles espèces de Sphinx africains (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Revue française d'Entomologie N.S. 7(1): 27–31. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J.M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the world: An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary. Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): 1–226. ISBN 978-0-8014-3734-2. Reference page.