Neopolyptychus compar explained

Neopolyptychus compar is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania.^[1]

The wingspan is 64–83 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Brachystegia spicaeformis.

Subspecies

• Neopolyptychus compar compar (Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania)
• Neopolyptychus compar septentrionalis Carcasson, 1968^[2] (coastal areas of Kenya and northern Tanzania)

Notes and References

1. Carcasson . R. H. . Robert Herbert Carcasson . 1967 . Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species . Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum . 26 . 3 . 1–173 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. Web site: CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316204146/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Neopolyptychus/compar/septentrionalis?view=966728f0-ae51-11dd-ad8b-0800200c9a66. 2012-03-16. dead. Cate-sphingidae.org . 2011-11-01.