Polyptychus assimilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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Higher taxa:	Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Citation:	P.[olyptychus] grayi [sic] assimilis subsp. nov.
Original genus:	Polyptychus
Publication:	Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	9
Issue:	Supplement
Pagination:	242
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9573387

Taxonomic note:

Raised to species status by W. Rothschild & K. Jordan (1916: 257). Resynonymized with Polyptychus grayi [sic] by K. Kernbach (1957: 185); transferred to Polyptychoides by R. H. Carcasson (1968: 23); see further transfers under synonymy of Polyptychus.

Kernbach K. 1957. Ueber bekannte und neue afrikanische Sphingiden, insbesondere aus Belgisch Kongo.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Polyptychus assimilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Holotype	♀	MfN	Holotype ♀, MfN.	Namibia	[Namibia], German SW Africa, Rietfontein, iii.1897, leg. Borchmann.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Polyptychus assimilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Namibia		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. page 242

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