Polyptychus pierrei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Polyptychus
Species: Polyptychus pierrei

Name

Polyptychus pierrei Kitching & Cadiou, 2000

Type locality: Gabon: Makokou.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. legit G. Bernardi.

Synonymy

• Polyptychus modestum Bernardi, 1970 (preoccupied by Sphinx modesta Fabricius, 1793).
• Polyptychus pierrei Kitching & Cadiou, 2000 (replacement name for Polyptychus modestum Bernardi, 1970)

Taxonomic Notes

Synonymized with Polyptychus affinis by Cadiou & Kitching, 2001, Ent. Africana 6: 35. Implicitly reinstated as a species by Pierre, 2014, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 119: 226.

References

Primary references

• Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J.M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the world: An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary. Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): 1–226. ISBN 978-0-8014-3734-2. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bernardi, G. 1970. Note sur quelques Polyptychus gabonais (Lep. Sphingidae). Lambillionea 69(7-12): 29–30. Reference page. 
• Pierre, J. 2014. Polyptychus lagnelae nom. nov. for Avinoffia hollandi (Clark, 1917). The genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819. Concept of genus (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 119(2): 223–228. Reference page.