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Polyptychus potiendus Darge, 1990

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polyptychus nigriplaga
Authorship:Darge, 1990
Citation:Polyptychus potiendus n. sp.
Original genus:Polyptychus
Publication:Darge Ph. 1990e. Trois nouvelles espèces du groupe de Polyptychus nigriplagus R. & J. (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae).
Journal:Bulletin Sciences Nat
Volume:65
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Pagination:8–9, fig. 1
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Polyptychus nigriplaga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; synonymized by T. Bouyer (2016: 211).

Bouyer Th. 2016. Description de nouvelles espèces de Polyptychus Hübner, 1919 [sic] du "complexe nigriplaga" (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae).
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Polyptychus potiendus Darge, 1990 Holotype ♂ Holotype ♂, coll. Darge. Cameroon Cameroon, Dzeng Forest, 650 m, 15.iii.1975, leg. Ph. Darge.
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