Jump to content

Polyptychoides niloticus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Polyptychoides niloticus
Polyptychoides niloticus niloticus, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychoides
Species:
P. niloticus
Binomial name
Polyptychoides niloticus
(Jordan, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus niloticus Jordan, 1921
  • Polyptychus unilineata Clark, 1935

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]
  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ 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.