Polyptychus baxteri explained

Polyptychus baxteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern and western Africa.

The length of the forewings is 26 mm for males, females are somewhat larger.^[1]

The larvae feed on Thespesia species.

Subspecies

• Polyptychus baxteri baxteri (Braehystegia savanna and woodland in Tanzania and Zambia)
• Polyptychus baxteri jansei Clark, 1936 (Zimbabwe and western Mozambique)

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.