Polyptychus andosa
| Coryndon's polyptychus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychus |
| Species: | P. andosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyptychus andosa (Walker, 1856)
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Polyptychus andosa, or Coryndon's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern and western Africa.
The length of the forewings is 26–29 mm for males and about 30 mm for females.[1]
The larvae feed on Morus and Parinare species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Polyptychus andosa andosa (Forests from Sierra Leone to Nigeria)
- Polyptychus andosa tiro Kernbach, 1957 (Forests from the Congo to Uganda)
- Polyptychus andosa amaniensis Carcasson, 1968 (Tanzania)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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Categories:
- Polyptychus
- Moths described in 1856
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Insects of West Africa
- Insects of Uganda
- Fauna of the Central African Republic
- Fauna of the Republic of the Congo
- Fauna of Gabon
- Insects of Tanzania
- Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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