Polyptychus
Sign in to savePolyptychus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Collections
- DMNS, MISSA, NHMUK, USNM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, Central African Republic, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
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- Parent taxon
- Smerinthini
- Image
- Polyptychus carteri sjh.jpg
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Polyptychus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
== Description == They are a middle-sized to large (wingspan 65–120 mm), light-brown hawk moth. The head is unusually large in subfamily Smerinthinae, with the back of the body long and cylindrical.
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