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Polyptychus Hübner, [1819]
Polyptychus Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 141, TS: Polyptychus dentatus Cramer
Polyptychus (Smerinthini) ; [HMW, 17]

Polyptychus affinis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)¹
retusus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1908)¹
Polyptychus affinis ; [HMW]

Polyptychus andosa (Walker, 1856)
W.Africa, Tanganyika. See [About maps] Copper Winged Polyptychus
Panacra andosa Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 159, TL: Sierra Leone
Polyptychus andosa ; [HMW]
P. a. amaniensis Carcasson, 1968
Polyptychus andosa amaniensis ; [HMW]
P. a. tiro Kernbach, 1957
Congo Polyptychus andosa tiro ; [HMW]

Polyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
Polyptychus anochus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936
ferroseus Gehlen, 1950
= ; [HMW]
Polyptychus aurora ; [HMW]

Polyptychus baltus Pierre, 1985
Polyptychus baltus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus barnsi Clark, 1926
Polyptychus barnsi ; [HMW]

Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
Tanganyika, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Baxter's Polyptychus
Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1907; Novit. Zool. 15: 259
Polyptychus baxteri ; [HMW]

Larva on Thespesia [HMCSA]

P. b. jansei Clark, 1936
Polyptychus baxteri jansei ; [HMW]

Polyptychus bernardii Rougeot, 1966
Polyptychus bernardii ; [HMW]

Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1852)
poliadles Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
Polyptychus carteri ; [HMW]

Polyptychus chinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus chinensis chinensis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Polyptychus chinensis ; [HMW]
P. c. draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
Polyptychus chinensis draconis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Polyptychus chinensis draconis ; [HMW]
Polyptychus chinensis draconoides, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Polyptychus chinensis draconoides ; [HMW]

Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Rhodesia - Tanganyika. See [About maps] Coryndon's Polyptychus
Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 251, pl. 2 f. 7, TL: Zambezi
reussi Strand, 1911
Polyptychus coryndoni ; [HMW]

Larva on Morus, Parinare [HMCSA]


Polyptychus dentatus (Cramer, [1777])
Sphinx dentatus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 42, pl. 125, f. G, TL: Coromandel coast
Sphinx modesta Fabricius, 1793; 356
timesius (Stoll, 1790)
Polyptychus dentatus, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Polyptychus dentatus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus distensus Darge, 1990
Polyptychus distensus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus enodia (Holland, 1889)
Polyptychus enodia ; [HMW]

Polyptychus girardi Pierre, 1993
Polyptychus girardi ; [HMW]

Polyptychus herbuloti Darge, 1990
Polyptychus herbuloti ; [HMW]

Polyptychus hollandi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus hollandi ; [HMW]

Polyptychus lapidatus Joicey & Kaye, 1917
Polyptychus lapidatus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
Polyptychus murinus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus nigriplaga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
C.Africa, W.Africa. See [About maps] Polyptychus nigriplaga ; [HMW]
P. n. kivui Clark, 1926
Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui ; [HMW]

Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus orthographus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889)
inconspicuus Strand, 1912
Polyptychus paupercula ; [HMW]
P. p. senniger Jordan, 1920
Polyptychus paupercula senniger ; [HMW]

Polyptychus pierrei Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
Polyptychus pierrei Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; [HMW: 63 (repl. Polyptychus modestum Bernardi, 1970)]
Polyptychus modestum Bernardi, 1970; Lambillionea 69: 30 (preocc. Sphinx modesta Fabricius, 1793)

Polyptychus potiendus Darge, 1990
Polyptychus potiendus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus rougeoti Carcasson, 1968
Polyptychus rougeoti ; [HMW]

Polyptychus sinus Pierre, 1985
Polyptychus sinus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus thihongae Bernardi, 1970
villiersi Rougeot, 1970
Polyptychus thihongae ; [HMW]

Polyptychus trilineatus Moore, 1888
AS. See [About maps] undatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Polyptychos trilineatus ; [HMW]
P. t. luteatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus trilineatus luteatus ; [HMW]
P. t. philippinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus trilineatus philippinensis ; [HMW]
P. t. costalis Well, 1922
Hong Kong Polyptychus trilineatus costalis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Polyptychus trilineatus costalis ; [HMW]
P. t. celebensis Clark, 1929
kalisi Jordan, 1938
Polyptychus trilineatus celebensis ; [HMW]
P. t. kelanus Jordan, 1930
Polyptychus trilineatus kelanus ; [HMW]
P. t. mincopicus Jordan, 1930
Polyptychus trilineatus mincopicus ; [HMW]
P. t. sonantis Jordan, 1930
Polyptychus trilineatus sonantis ; [HMW]
P. t. javanicus Gehlen, 1931
javanicus Roepke, 1941; (preocc.)
Polyptychus trilineatus javanicus ; [HMW]

Polyptychus trisecta (Aurivillius, 1901)
NAF. See [About maps] Polyptychus trisecta ; [HMW]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[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)
[Tony Pittaway]
WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)
[¹]
Parentheses have no taxonomic semantics here. This is an error that will be fixed at some point.


Some related literature:
Bernardi, 1970
Note sur quelques Polyptychus gabonais (Lep. Sphingidae) Lambillionea 69: 29-30
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
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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