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Polyptychus eothina (Tams, 1930)

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polyptychus guessfeldtii
Authorship:(Tams, 1930)
Citation:Acanthosphinx guessfeldti eothina, subsp. n.
Original genus:Acanthosphinx
Publication:Tams W. H. T. 1930b. New Rhodesian Lepidoptera Heterocera.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(10) 6
Issue:32
Pagination:167, figs 3, 4
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Ambulyx guessfeldti Dewitz, 1879; synonymized by R. H. Carcasson (1968: 11, as "cothina").

Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Polyptychus eothina (Tams, 1930) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK Zambia [Zambia, Northwestern Province], NW Rhodesia, Solwezi, 28.vi.1917, leg. H. C. Dollman.
Polyptychus eothina (Tams, 1930) Allotype ♀ NHMUK Allotype ♀, NHMUK Zambia [Zambia, Northwestern Province], NW Rhodesia, Solwezi, 28.vi.1917, leg. H. C. Dollman.
Polyptychus eothina (Tams, 1930) Paratype ♂ NHMUK Paratype 1♂, NHMUK. Zambia [Zambia, Northwestern Province], NW Rhodesia, Solwezi, 28.vi.1917, leg. H. C. Dollman.
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