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Polyptychus modestus Gehlen, 1942

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polyptychus grayii
Authorship:Gehlen, 1942
Citation:Polyptychus grayi [sic] f. modestus, f. nova
Original genus:Polyptychus
Publication:Gehlen B. 1942. Neue Sphingiden.
Journal:Entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:56
Issue:16
Pagination:128
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Smerinthus grayii Walker, 1856.

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Polyptychus modestus Gehlen, 1942 Holotype ♂ MfN Holotype ♂, MfN. South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Durban.
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