Polyptychus auriguttatus

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 auriguttatus

Name

Polyptychus auriguttatus Gehlen, 1934

Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Belgian Congo, Shaba, Elisabethville [Lubumbashi], "in the upper reaches of the region"

Holotype: ZMHB. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Polyptychus marshalli meridianus Kernbach, 1963
  • Type locality: [Zimbabwe], S Rhodesia, Umtali [Mutare]
    • Syntypes: ZMS 5 males ♂♂.

References

Primary references

• Gehlen, B. 1934. Neue afrikanische und asiatische Sphingide. Entomologische Zeitschrift 48:59–62. Reference page.