Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936

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Higher taxa:	Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Clark, 1936
Citation:	Polyptychus aurora sp. nov.
Original genus:	Polyptychus
Publication:	Clark B. P. 1936. Descriptions of twenty-four new Sphingidae and notes concerning two others.
Journal:	Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club
Volume:	15
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Pagination:	76–77

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936	Holotype	♀	CMNH	Holotype ♀, CMNH	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Belgian Congo, Kafakumba, ii.1932.
Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936	Paratype	♂	CMNH	Paratype 1♂, CMNH.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Belgian Congo, Kafakumba, ii.1932.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Clark B. P. 1936. Descriptions of twenty-four new Sphingidae and notes concerning two others. page 76
Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936	Tanzania		Darge Ph. 2008a. Contribution to the biodiversity of the Albertine Rift in Tanzania: some data on the Lepidoptera Saturniidae and Sphingidae. page 11
Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936	Zambia		Kitching I. J. 2017. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. page Website

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