Polyptychus guessfeldti

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 guessfeldti

Name

Polyptychus guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)

Type locality: [Angola N, Cabinda], Chinchoxo.

Holotype: ZMHB. male ♂. legit Falkenstein.

Synonyms

• Ambulyx guessfeldti Dewitz, 1879 (original combination)
• Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Polyptychus guessfeldti Dewitz, 1879 (comb. rev. by Pierre 2014: 225).

References

Primary references

• Dewitz, H. 1879. Afrikanische Schmetterlinge. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 3: 23–35. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.