Polyptychus niloticus ponens

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 niloticus
Subspecies: Polyptychus niloticus ponens

Name

Polyptychus niloticus ponens (Pierre, 1989)

Type locality: Senegal, Thies.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 06.VII.1943. legit Ch. Rungs. genitalia slide J. Pierre 326♂

Synonymy

• Polyptychoides niloticus ponens Pierre, 1989 (original combination)
• Polyptychus niloticus ponens (Pierre):

References

Primary references

• Pierre, J. 1989. Nouveaux sphinx africains (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Revue française d'Entomologie N.S. 11: 117–128. Reference page.