Neopolyptychus compar (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

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FAMILY Sphingidae
SUBFAMILY Smerinthinae
GENUS Neopolyptychus
SPECIES compar
AUTHOR(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPolyptychus compar spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Zimbabwe], Rhodesia, Mashonaland, x.1900, leg. G. A. K. Marshall.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH; Paratype 1♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 9(Supplement):i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67.
PAGINATION 251 Bhl

Species pictures

Subspecies

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
compar (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) Subspecies
septentrionalis Carcasson, 1968 Subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga   N. Voaden
Kenya   Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 22 (as septentrionalis)
Malawi   Jordan K. 1929. On Polyptychus pygarga and some allied species (Lep., Sphingidaeà. - Novitates Zoologicae 35:187-191. 191
Mozambique   Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 21
South Africa Mpumalanga van den Berg M. A., Vermeulen J. B., Braack H. H. & Braack A. L. 1975. Pylstertmotte (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. - Koedoe 18(1):13-29. 21
Tanzania   Jordan K. 1929. On Polyptychus pygarga and some allied species (Lep., Sphingidaeà. - Novitates Zoologicae 35:187-191. 191
Uganda   Pierre J. 2004. Révision du genre Neopolyptychus (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 109(2):155-168. 158
Zambia   Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 21
Zimbabwe   Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 9(Supplement):i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67. 251

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Caesalpiniaceae Brachystegia spiciformis West Africa MacNulty B. J. 1970. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part III Sphingidae. - Proceedings of the British Entomological and Natural History Society 3:95-122, pl. 6. 102
Caesalpiniaceae Brachystegia sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 100
Caesalpiniaceae Brachystegia randii South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 70