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Polyptychus fractus Melichar & Řezáč, 2018

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polyptychus ferroseus
Authorship:Melichar & Řezáč, 2018
Citation:Polyptychus fractus sp. n.
Original genus:Polyptychus
Publication:Melichar T. & Řezáč M. 2018. Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819 from Africa.
Journal:The European Entomologist
Volume:9
Issue:2
Pagination:80
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Polyptychus ferroseus Gehlen, 1950; synonymized by Th. Bouyer & I. J. Kitching (2023: 97–98).

Bouyer Th. & Kitching I. J. 2023. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae de République démocratique du Congo (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae).
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Polyptychus fractus Melichar & Řezáč, 2018 Holotype ♂ SMCR Holotype ♂, SMCR. Zambia Zambia, Muchinga Province, 65 km of Mpika, near Chimola, xi.2005.
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