Polyptychus kivui Clark, 1926

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Permalink:	POLYKIVU
Higher taxa:	Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Polyptychus (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Clark, 1926
Citation:	Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui subsp. nov.
Original genus:	Polyptychus
Publication:	Clark B. P. 1926. Descriptions of twelve new Sphingidae and remarks upon some other species.
Journal:	Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club
Volume:	9
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Pagination:	48

Taxonomic note:

Retreived from synonymy with Polytpychus nigriplaga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 and raised to species level by T. Bouyer (2016: 220).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Polyptychus kivui Clark, 1926	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 3♂, CMNH, NHMUK.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo, W Kivu, Upper Lowa Valley, near Masisi, 5000–6000 ft, ii.1924, leg. T. A. Barns.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Polyptychus kivui Clark, 1926	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 86
Polyptychus kivui Clark, 1926	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 300 (as nigriplaga)
Polyptychus kivui Clark, 1926	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	South Kivu	Clark B. P. 1926. Descriptions of twelve new Sphingidae and remarks upon some other species. page 48

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