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Polyptychoides Carcasson, 1968

Polyptychoides (Smerinthini) ; [HMW, 17]

Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)

Tropical Africa. See [About maps] Polyptychus digitatus ;
Polyptychoides digitatus ; [HMW]

Polyptychoides grayi (Walker, 1856)

South Africa - E.Africa, Sudan. See [About maps] Gray's Polyptychus
Smerinthus grayi Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 249, TL: Natal
modestus (Gehlen, 1942)
Polyptychoides grayii ; [HMW]

Larva on Cordia, Celtis [HMCSA]

P. g. assimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Polyptychus grayi assimilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 242, TL: South West Africa
Polyptychoides grayii assimilis ; [HMW]

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References:

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[HMCSA]

Pinhey, E., 1962; Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Some related literature:

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 1-972, 67pls

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

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