Polyptychus paupercula paupercula

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 paupercula
Subspecies: Polyptychus paupercula paupercula

Name

Polyptychus paupercula paupercula (Holland, 1889)

Type locality: [Gabon], Kangwé [Kango], Valley of the Ogooué River.

Holotype: CM. male ♂. leg. A.C. Good.

Synonymy

• Devitzia paupercula Holland, 1889 (original combination)
• Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889):
• Polyptychus paupercula inconspicuus Strand, 1912 (synonymized by K. Jordan, 1923, 54)
  • Type locality: [Equatorial Guinea], Nkolentangan.
    • Holotype: ZMHB. femlae ♀. 28.XI.1907. legit G. Tessmann.

References

Primary references

• Holland, W. J. 1889. Contributions to a knowledge of the Lepidoptera of West Africa. Paper II. List of African Sphingidae received during the years 1887 and 1888. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 16: 55–70. full article (PDF). Reference page.