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» Polyptychus luteatus - Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Taxonomy
Polyptychus
luteatus
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Nomenclature
Tribe:
"Polyptychus genus-group"
Genus:
Polyptychus
Species:
Polyptychus
luteatus
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Usage:
valid
Reference:
A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae
237
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ Ceylon [Sri Lanka] [NHMUK].
Taxonomic Notes:
Proposed as a subspecies of Polyptychus trilineatus. Raised to species status by Melichar, Haxaire & Manjunatha, 2021, European Ent. 13 (1): 12.
Synonyms:
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Polyptychus luteatus, male, upperside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, male, upperside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, male, underside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, male, underside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, female, upperside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, female, upperside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, female, underside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, female, underside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, male, upperside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, male, underside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, female, upperside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Polyptychus luteatus, female, underside. Sri Lanka, Ceylon
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
