Polyptychus jansei

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
Subspecies: Polyptychus jansei

Name

Polyptychus jansei (Clark, 1936)

Type locality: S. Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Queque.

Holotype: CM. male ♂. 30.I.1909. legit Atkinson.

Synonymy

• Polyptychus baxteri jansei Clark, 1936 (original combination)
• Polyptychus jansei (Clark): T. Melichar & Řezáč, 2018: 85.

References

Primary references

• Clark, B.P. 1936. Description of twenty-four new Sphingidae and notes concerning two others. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 15: 71–91. Reference page. 

Additional 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.