| Polyptychus jansei Clark, 1936 |
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Clark B. P. 1936. Descriptions of twenty-four new Sphingidae and notes concerning two others. page: 79 |
| Polyptychus marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
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Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. page: 253 |
| Polysoma aenicta Vári, 1961 |
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Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. page: 67–68 |
| Polysoma lithochrysa (Meyrick, 1930) |
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Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. page: 67 |
| Polysoma tanysphena (Meyrick, 1928) |
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Meyrick E. 1928b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. page: 408 |
| Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858) |
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page: R. Butler |
| Popoudina kovtunovitchi Dubatolov, 2011 |
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Dubatolov V. V. 2011. Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009–2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes. page: 126 |
| Popoudina linea (Walker, 1855) |
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| Porphyrosela teramni Vári, 1961 |
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De Prins J. & Kawahara A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) page: 179 |
| Postscrancia discomma (Jordan, 1916) |
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Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page: 25 |
| Praedora marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
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Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. page: 51 |
| Praedora plagiata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
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Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. page: 65 |
| Pramadea ovialis (Walker, 1859) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 71 |
| Prasinocyma albisticta (Warren, 1901) |
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Prout L. B. 1929–1938. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter (Geometridae). Die Afrikanischen Spanner. Geometridae. – In: Seitz A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. page: 26 |
| Prasinocyma bilobata Fletcher D. S., 1978 |
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Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page: 47 |
| Prasinocyma dorsipunctata Warren, 1911 |
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page: TMSA |
| Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 103 |
| Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) |
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| Prasinocyma inversicaulis Prout L. B., 1913 |
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page: TMSA |
| Prasinocyma pictifimbria Warren, 1904 |
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page: TMSA |
| Prasinocyma vermicularia (Guenée, 1858) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 103 |
| Prays citri (Millière, 1873) |
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Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page: 222 |
| Pretoria hutchinsoni Ragonot, 1893 |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 64 |
| Prionapteryx albimaculalis (Hampson, 1919) |
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Bassi G. 2012. New Afrotropical species of the genus Crambus Fabricius, 1798 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Crambinae). page: 157 |
| Prionapteryx brevivittalis Hampson, 1919 |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 67 |