Polyptychus baxteri

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 baxteri
Subspecies: P. b. baxteri – P. b. jansei

Name

Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908

Type locality: German East Africa [Tanzania, Dodoma province], Mpwapwa.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit D. Baxter. genitalia slide Sphingidae 894♂. (lectotype designated by I. Kitching & Cadiou, 2000: 155)

References

Primary references

• Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, H.E.K. 1908. Some new Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae 15: 259-260. Full article (BHL). Reference page.