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Taxonomy
Polyptychus paupercula subsp. senniger Jordan, 1920
Nomenclature
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Genus: PolyptychusSpecies: Polyptychus paupercula
Subspecies:
Polyptychus paupercula subsp. senniger Jordan, 1920
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type data:
SYNTYPES [1♂] Ivory Coast: Bingerville, «14-20.»vi.1915 (G. Melou) [NHMUK]; [1♂] Ivory Coast: Bingerville, «1-4.»viii.1915 (G. Melou) [NHMUK]; [1♂] Ivory Coast: Bingerville, «8.»viii.1915 (G. Melou) [NHMUK]; [1♂] Ivory Coast: Bingerville, ix-x.1915 (G. Melou) [CMNH]; 1♂ Gold Coast [Ghana]: Takwa (R.E. James) [NHMUK].
Taxonomic Notes:
This taxon was overlooked by Carcasson, 1968, Jl E. Afr. nat. Hist. Soc. natn. Mus. 26 (3): 1-148. Synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies (as ‡seminigra) by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 71. Reinstated as a subspecies of Polyptychus paupercula (Holland) by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.20.
SUMMARY
Erroneously Synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies (as ‡seminigra) by d'Abrera, [1987], Sphingidae Mundi: 71. Reinstated as a subspecies of Polyptychus paupercula (Holland) by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.20.

