Polyptychus nigriplaga subsp. kivui
General description:
Proposed as a subspecies of Polyptychus nigriplaga. Synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies by Carcasson, 1968, Jl E. Afr. nat. Hist. Soc. natn. Mus.26 (3): 16, who treated it as a very heavily marked form. Reinstated as a subspecies of Polyptychus nigriplaga by Pierre, 1993, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr.97: 444.