Polyptychopsis

Polyptychopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychopsis
Carcasson, 1968
Species: P. marshalli
Binomial name
Polyptychopsis marshalli
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Polyptychus auriguttatus Gehlen, 1934
  • Polyptychus marshalli meridianus Kernbach, 1963

Polyptychopsis is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family. It contains only one species, Polyptychopsis marshalli, which is known from Brachystegia woodland in large parts of Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 53–58 mm.

Subspecies

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Polyptychopsis