Polyptychus grayii

https://web.archive.org/web/20210829112855/http://www.afromoths.net/images/species_pictures/G/grayii_Polyptychoides_AM_Aulombard_01.jpg male ♂

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 grayii

Name

Polyptychus grayii (Walker, 1856)

Type locality: [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Port Natal [Durban]

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit Gueinzius.

Synonymy

• Smerinthus Grayii Walker, 1856 (original combination)
• Polyptychus grayii (Walker): A.G. Butler, 1876: 584
• Polyptychoides chibinda Darge, 2011
  • Type locality: Zambia, Luapula Province, Mwense Village.
    • Holotype: SMCR. male ♂, genitalia slide Darge SPH no. 809. 06.X.2010. leg. R. Minetti.
• Polyptychoides furcillatus Darge, 2011
  • Type locality: Tanzania, Mbeya Region, savannah between Ilongo and Igurusi, 08°46.625'S 033°46.310'E, 1170 m.
    • Holotype: SMCR. male ♂, genitalia slide Darge SPH no. 704. 19.II.2004. leg. Ph. Darge.
• Polyptychoides geita Darge, 2011
  • Type locality: Tanzania, Mwanza Region, Geita Forest, 02°54.697'S 032°06.168'E, 1234 m.
    • Holotype: SMCR. male ♂, genitalia slide Darge SPH no. 811. leg. Ph. Darge.
• Polyptychoides obtusus Darge, 2004
  • Type locality: Tanzania, Morogoro Forest, savane arborée.
    • Holotype: SMCR. male. gen. prep. SP 637. Ph. Darge. XII.2003. Ph. Darge. in collection Ph. Darge.
• Polyptychoides ruaha Darge, 2004
  • Type locality: Tanzania, Baobab Valley, Ruaha River.
    • Holotype: SMCR. male. gen. prep. SP 630. Ph. Darge. XII.2003. Ph. Darge. in collection Ph. Darge.
• Polyptychoides septentrionalis Darge, 2004
  • Type locality: Kenya, Mutha Forest.
    • Holotype: SMCR. male ♂. 19.III.1969. préparation Gen.SP 634.
• Polyptychoides unilineata Clark, 1935

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VIII. Sphingidae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–271. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Darge, P. 2004b: Contribution à l'étude du genre Polyptychoides Carcasson, avec description de nouveaux taxons (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) (programme UBBAENA/COSTECH N° 2003-340-NA-2002-140). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse, 60(2): 19–25. Reference page. 
• Darge, P. 2011a: Trois nouvelles espèces du genre Polyptychoides Carcasson, 1968, provenant de Tanzanie et de Zambie (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Saturnafrica, 8: 17–25. Reference page.