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Polyptychus gigas (Aurivillius, 1892)

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polyptychus guessfeldtii
Authorship:(Aurivillius, 1892)
Citation:Acanthosphinx Güssfeldtii Dewitz var. gigas n. var.
Original genus:Acanthosphinx
Publication:Aurivillius C. 1892. Verzeichniss einer von Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabon und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-Sammlung. II. Heterocera.
Journal:Entomologisk Tidskrift
Volume:13
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Pagination:182
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12120919
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Ambulyx guessfeldtii Dewitz, 1879; synonymized by W. Rothschild & K. Jordan (1903: 288).

Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae.
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Polyptychus gigas (Aurivillius, 1892) Syntype ♂ SNHM Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SNHM. Cameroon Cameroon, Bibundi, leg. Y. Sjöstedt.
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