Polyptychus ferroseus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Polyptychus
Species: Polyptychus ferroseus
Name
[edit]Polyptychus ferroseus Gehlen, 1950
Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo], Katanga, Elisabethville [Lubumbashi].
Holotype: MfN. male ♂.
Synonymy
[edit]- Polyptychus fractus Melichar & Řezáč, 2018 (synonymized by Bouyer & Kitching, 2023: 97
- Type locality: Zambia, 65 km of Mpika, near Chimola.
- Holotype: SMCR. male ♂. XI.2005.
- Type locality: Zambia, 65 km of Mpika, near Chimola.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Gehlen, B. 1950. Neue Sphingiden. Entomologische Zeitschrift 60: 67. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Bouyer & Kitching 2023. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae de République démocratique du Congo (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 15(1-2): 95-112. Reference page.
- Melichar, T. & Řezáč, M. 2018. Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819 from Africa. The European Entomologist 9(2): 79–87. Reference page.