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Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1891

Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Acanthosphinx (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym , the accepted name is Polyptychus
Authorship:Aurivillius, 1891
Citation:Acanthosphinx n. gen.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Ambulix guessfeldtii Dewitz, 1879. Mittheilungen der Münchener Entomologische Gesellschaft 3: 27; pl. 2, fig. 1. By monotypy. Synonymized with Polyptychus by J. Pierre (2014: 225).
Publication:Aurivillius C. 1891a. Verzeichniss einer von Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabon und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-Sammlung.
Journal:Entomologisk Tidskrift
Volume:12
Issue:3–4
Pagination:228
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11927552