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Polyptychus poliades Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polyptychus carteri
Authorship:Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
Citation:Polyptychus poliades spec. nov.
Original genus:Polyptychus
Publication:Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1906b. Some new Sphingidae in the British Museum.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:13
Issue:
Pagination:406
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2971939
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym Pseudosmerinthus carteri Butler, 1882; synonymized by R. H. Carcasson (1968: 14); treated as a species by C. A. Bridges (1993: 20); resynonymized by I. Kitching & J.-M. Cadiou (2000: 63).

Kitching I. J. & Cadiou J.-M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the world. An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Polyptychus poliades Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Ghana [Ghana], Ashanti, Obuassi, leg. G. E. Bergmann.
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