Polyptychus coryndoni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from Zimbabwe to Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. It has also been recorded from northern Nigeria.[1]
Polyptychus coryndoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Polyptychus |
Species: | P. coryndoni
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Binomial name | |
Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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The length of the forewings is 34–38 mm for males and 39–43 mm for females.
References edit
- ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.