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Polyptychus villiersi Rougeot, 1970

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polyptychus grayii
Authorship:Rougeot, 1970
Citation:Polyptychus villiersi, nov. sp.
Original genus:Polyptychus
Publication:Rougeot P.-C. 1970a. Contribution à la faune du Gabon. Une nouvelle espèce de Polyptychus (Lep. Sphingidae).
Journal:Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire
Volume:(A) 32
Issue:2
Pagination:491–494, figs 1–2, 3
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Polyptychus thihongae Bernardi, 1970; synonymized by G. Bernardi (1971: 35).

Bernardi G. 1971. Note sur la synonymie d'un Polyptychus gabonais: P. thihongae Bernardi = P. villiersi Rougeot (Lep. Sphingidae).
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Polyptychus villiersi Rougeot, 1970 Holotype ♂ MNHN Holotype ♂, MNHN. Gabon Gabon, Komo, x.1969, leg. A. Villiers.
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