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Polyptychus nigriplaga

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Polyptychus nigriplaga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
P. nigriplaga
Binomial name
Polyptychus nigriplaga
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus nigriplagus
  • Polyptychus nigriplagus f. barnsi Clark, 1926
  • Polyptychus barnsi Clark, 1926

Polyptychus nigriplaga is a moth in the family Sphingidae. It is native to central and western Africa.

Subspecies

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  • Polyptychus nigriplaga nigriplaga
  • Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui Clark, 1926 (lowland forest from Liberia and the Ivory Coast to the Congo and Uganda)[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.