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» Polyptychus carteri - (Butler, 1882)
Taxonomy
Polyptychus
carteri
(Butler, 1882)
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Nomenclature
Tribe:
"Polyptychus genus-group"
Genus:
Polyptychus
Species:
Polyptychus
carteri
(Butler, 1882)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Descriptions of new species of Sphingidae, chiefly from Africa
435
Type data:
TYPE(S) ♂ Gold Coast [Ghana]: Aburi (E.T. Carter) [NHMUK].
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Polyptychus by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 236 (key), 244.
Synonyms:
2
Media
Polyptychus carteri, male, upperside.
Polyptychus carteri, male, upperside.
Polyptychus carteri, male, underside.
Polyptychus carteri, male, underside.
Polyptychus carteri, female, upperside. Cameroun, Obout
Polyptychus carteri, female, upperside. Cameroun, Obout
Polyptychus carteri, female, underside. Cameroun, Obout
Polyptychus carteri, female, underside. Cameroun, Obout
Polyptychus carteri, male, upperside.
Polyptychus carteri, male, underside.
Polyptychus carteri, female, upperside. Cameroun, Obout
Polyptychus carteri, female, underside. Cameroun, Obout
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
