Polyptychus paupercula
| Polyptychus paupercula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychus |
| Species: | P. paupercula |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889) | |
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Polyptychus paupercula is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Liberia to Uganda.
The length of the forewings is 27–31 mm for males, females are larger, darker and broader winged than the males. The wings are broader and less acuminate than other Polyptychus species. It is very similar in shape and markings to Andriasa contraria. The forewings are pale greyish-brown, with numerous crenulate darker transverse lines, more or less parallel. There is a darker spot near the apex and another at the inner margin, near the tornus. There is also a large rounded orange brown basal dot. The hindwings are pale greyish-brown, but the margin is darker, especially near the tomus. There are traces of an inner marginal streak.[1]
Subspecies
- Polyptychus paupercula paupercula
- Polyptychus paupercula senniger Jordan, 1920[2]
References
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.