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Polyptychus baxteri

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Polyptychus baxteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
P. baxteri
Binomial name
Polyptychus baxteri

Polyptychus baxteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern and western Africa.

The length of the forewings is 26 mm for males, females are somewhat larger.[1]

The larvae feed on Thespesia species.

Subspecies

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  • Polyptychus baxteri baxteri (Braehystegia savanna and woodland in Tanzania and Zambia)
  • Polyptychus baxteri jansei Clark, 1936 (Zimbabwe and western Mozambique)

References

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  1. ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.