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Polyptychus nigriplaga

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(Redirected from Polyptychus barnsi) Species of insect

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
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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

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

References

  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.
Taxon identifiers
Polyptychus nigriplaga


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