Polyptychopsis Explained

Polyptychopsis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. It contains only one species, Polyptychopsis marshalli, which is known from Brachystegia woodland in large parts of Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 53–58 mm.

Subspecies

• Polyptychopsis marshalli marshalli (Zimbabwe to Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania)
• Polyptychopsis marshalli auriguttatus (Gehlen, 1934) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Tanzania and probably eastern Angola)
• Polyptychopsis marshalli meridianus (Kernbach, 1963) (Zimbabwe)

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.