Falcatula lemairei Darge, 1973

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FAMILY Sphingidae
SUBFAMILY Smerinthinae
GENUS Falcatula
SPECIES lemairei
AUTHORDarge, 1973
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONFalcatula cymatodes lemairei, n. subsp.
TYPE LOCALITYCentral African Republic, xii.1968, leg. P. Godart.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂; Paratypes 10♂, coll. Darge.
STATUS Synonym of species
SYNONYM OFcymatodes
COMMENTA junior subjective synonym of Polyptychus cymatodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1912; synonymized by I. Kitching & Cadiou (2000: 46, 107). See also J. Pierre (2001) and J. Schmit (2021b: 26).
PUBLICATION Darge Ph. 1973c. Saturniidae et Sphingidae africains nouveaux ou peu connus (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 78(3-4):139-149, pls 1-2.
PAGINATION 147, fig. 3; pl. 2, figs C, F

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