Polyptychus niloticus ( Jordan , 1921 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C48B-FF1C-62F6-FCD8FDD99EB5 |
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Polyptychus niloticus ( Jordan , 1921 ) |
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Polyptychus niloticus ( Jordan, 1921)
COMMON NAME (S): Hawk moth, Sphinx moth or Hornworm.
SYNONYM(S): Polyptychoides afarissaque Darge, 2004b ; Polyptychoides cadioui Darge, 2005 .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.
SOURCES: Carcasson 1968; De Prins & De Prins 2022.
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Polyptychus niloticus ( Jordan , 1921 )
| Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023 |
Pseudoclanis
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