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Taxonomy
Polyptychus andosa (Walker, 1856)
Nomenclature
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Tribe: "Polyptychus genus-group"Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
Polyptychus andosa (Walker, 1856)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Sphingidae 159
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ Sierra Leone (pres. Rev. D.F. Morgan) [NHMUK].
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred (as ‡andosus) to Polyptychus by Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 584.
Nomenclature notes:
A Boisduval manuscript name made available by Walker.
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Synonyms: 1