Polyptychus ferroseus

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 ferroseus

Name

Polyptychus ferroseus Gehlen, 1950

Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo], Katanga, Elisabethville [Lubumbashi].

Holotype: MfN. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Polyptychus fractus Melichar & Řezáč, 2018 (synonymized by Bouyer & Kitching, 2023: 97
  • Type locality: Zambia, 65 km of Mpika, near Chimola.
    • Holotype: SMCR. male ♂. XI.2005.

References

Primary references

• Gehlen, B. 1950. Neue Sphingiden. Entomologische Zeitschrift 60: 67. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bouyer & Kitching 2023. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae de République démocratique du Congo (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 15(1-2): 95-112. Reference page. 
• Melichar, T. & Řezáč, M. 2018. Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819 from Africa. The European Entomologist 9(2): 79–87. Reference page.