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Polyptychus niloticus afarissaque (Darge, 2004)

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/  Polyptychus niloticus (species)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polyptychus niloticus niloticus
Authorship:(Darge, 2004)
Citation:Polyptychoides afarrisaque, n. sp.
Original genus:Polyptychoides
Publication:Darge Ph. 2004c. Contribution à l'étude du genre Polyptychoides Carcasson, avec la description de nouveaux taxons (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae).
Journal:Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Mulhouse
Volume:60
Issue:2
Pagination:24–25, fig. 2A
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Polyptychus grayi niloticus Jordan, 1920; synonymized by I. Kitching et al. (2018: Table S1 Excel).

Kitching I. J., Rougerie R., Zwick, A., Hamilton C. A., St Laurent R. A., Naumann S., Ballesteros Mejia L. & Kawahara A. Y. 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera).
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Polyptychus niloticus afarissaque (Darge, 2004) Holotype ♂ SMCR Holotype ♂, SMCR. Djibouti [Djibouti], Territoire des Afars et des Issas, Massif du Day, Randa, 700m, 1.xii.1972, leg. A. S. Balachowsky & J.-J. Menier.
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