Polyptychus carteri

Polyptychus carteri
	Polyptychus carteri, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Polyptychus
Species:	P. carteri
Binomial name
	Polyptychus carteri; (Butler, 1852)
Synonyms
	Pseudosmerinthus carteri Butler, 1852; Polyptychus poliadles Rothschild & Jordan, 1906;

Polyptychus carteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo and Uganda.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 33–35 mm. The head and body are pale greyish brown with a dark median streak on the head and thorax. The forewings are pale greyish brown.

References

^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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[1] "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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