Polyptychus trilineatus
Appearance
Polyptychus trilineatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Polyptychus |
Species: | P. trilineatus
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Binomial name | |
Polyptychus trilineatus |
Polyptychus trilineatus, the common crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from large parts of South Asia.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 74–112 mm.
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Male
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Male underside
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Female
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Female underside
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Ehretia species.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus (northern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China (Hainan), Thailand and Vietnam)
- Polyptychus trilineatus celebensis Clark, 1929 (Sulawesi)
- Polyptychus trilineatus costalis Mell, 1922 (southern China)[3]
- Polyptychus trilineatus javanicus Gehlen, 1931
- Polyptychus trilineatus kelanus Jordan, 1930
- Polyptychus trilineatus luteatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (southern India, Sri Lanka)
- Polyptychus trilineatus mincopicus Jordan, 1930
- Polyptychus trilineatus sonantis Jordan, 1930
- Polyptychus trilineatus philippinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Philippines)
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P. t. celebensis, dorsal view
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P. t. celebensis, ventral view
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P. t. javanicus, dorsal view
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P. t. javanicus, ventral view
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus Moore, 1888 -- Common crenulate hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus trilineatus costalis Mell, 1922 -- Common crenulate hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.