Polyptychus kivui

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 kivui

Name

Polyptychus kivui (Clark, 1926)

Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo, W Kivu, Upper Lowa Valley, near Masisi, 5000–6000 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. II.1924

Synonymy

• Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui Clark, 1926 (original combination)
• Polyptychus kivui (Clark, 1926): Bouyer, 2016: 220. stat.rev., bona sp.

References

• Clark, B.P. 1926. Descriptions of twelve new Sphingidae and remarks upon some other species. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9: 45–59. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bouyer, T. 2016. Description de nouvelles espèces de Polyptychus Hübner, 1919 du "complexe nigriplaga" (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae). Lambillionea 116(3): 210–224. Reference page.