Polyptychoides niloticus
Appearance
Polyptychoides niloticus | |
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Polyptychoides niloticus niloticus, female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Polyptychoides |
Species: | P. niloticus
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Binomial name | |
Polyptychoides niloticus | |
Synonyms | |
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Polyptychoides niloticus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Zambia to Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Polyptychoides niloticus niloticus
- Polyptychoides niloticus ponens Pierre, 1989 (Tchad)
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.