Polyptychus carteri

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 carteri

Name

Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)

Type locality: [Ghana], Gold Coast, Aburi.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit E.T. Carter.

Synonymy

• Pseudosmerinthus carteri Butler, 1882 (original combination)
• Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882): W. Rothschild & K. Jordan, 1903: 236
• Polyptychus poliades Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Type locality: [Ghana], Ashanti, Obuassi.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit G.E. Bergmann

References

Primary references

• Butler, A. G., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Sphingidae, chiefly from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(10): 432–435. Full article BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, H.E.K. 1906a. Some new Sphingidae in the British Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 406-407. Reference page.