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Taxonomy
Polyptychus
baxteri
Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
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Nomenclature
Tribe:
"Polyptychus genus-group"
Genus:
Polyptychus
Species:
Polyptychus
baxteri
Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Some new Sphingidae
259
Type data:
LECTOTYPE ♂ Germ. E. Afr. [Tanzania]: Mpuapua [Mpapwa] (Baxter) [NHMUK]; designated by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 155.
Media
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, male, upperside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mamboia
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, male, upperside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mamboia
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, male, underside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mamboia
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, male, underside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mamboia
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, female, upperside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mpuapua
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, female, upperside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mpuapua
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, female, underside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mpuapua
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, female, underside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mpuapua
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, male, upperside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mamboia
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, male, underside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mamboia
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, female, upperside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mpuapua
Polyptychus baxteri baxteri, female, underside. Tanzania, Germ. E. Afr., Mpuapua
Distribution
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
