Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Polyptychus
Species: Polyptychus pierrei

Name

Polyptychus pierrei Kitching & Cadiou, 2000

Type locality: Gabon: Makokou.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. legit G. Bernardi.

Synonymy

  • Polyptychus modestum Bernardi, 1970 (preoccupied by Sphinx modesta Fabricius, 1793).
  • Polyptychus pierrei Kitching & Cadiou, 2000 (replacement name for Polyptychus modestum Bernardi, 1970)

Taxonomic Notes

Synonymized with Polyptychus affinis by Cadiou & Kitching, 2001, Ent. Africana 6: 35. Implicitly reinstated as a species by Pierre, 2014, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 119: 226.

References

Primary references

  • Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J.M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the world: An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary. Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): 1–226. ISBN 978-0-8014-3734-2. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Bernardi, G. 1970. Note sur quelques Polyptychus gabonais (Lep. Sphingidae). Lambillionea 69(7-12): 29–30. Reference page. 
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