| Higher taxa: | Sphingidae (family)/ Smerinthinae (subfamily)/ Smerinthini (tribe)/ Acanthosphinx (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Polyptychus |
| Authorship: | Aurivillius, 1891 |
| Citation: | Acanthosphinx n. gen. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Ambulix guessfeldtii Dewitz, 1879. Mittheilungen der Münchener Entomologische Gesellschaft 3: 27; pl. 2, fig. 1. By monotypy. Synonymized with Polyptychus by J. Pierre (2014: 225). |
| Publication: | Aurivillius C. 1891a. Verzeichniss einer von Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabon und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-Sammlung. |
| Journal: | Entomologisk Tidskrift |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 3–4 |
| Pagination: | 228 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11927552 |