''Polyptychus'' is a genus of

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erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Description

They are a middle-sized to large (wingspan 65–120 mm), light-brown hawk moth. The head is unusually large in subfamily

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, with the back of the body long and cylindrical.

Life

These moths fly at night and do not visit flowers, and they do not particularly seek out light. In all cases, they lay their eggs in the plants of the family

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Species list

* '' Polyptychus affinis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – Africa * '' Polyptychus andosa'' (Walker 1856) * '' Polyptychus anochus'' Rothschild & Jordan 1906 * '' Polyptychus aurora'' Clark 1936 * ''

Polyptychus baltus ''Polyptychus baltus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the n ...

'' Pierre 1985 * ('' Polyptychus barnsi'') Clark 1926 * '' Polyptychus baxteri'' Rothschild & Jordan 1908 * ''

Polyptychus bernardii ''Polyptychus bernardii'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo and from the Central African Republic. References

Polyptychus Moths described in 1966 Insects of Cameroon I ...

'' Rougeot 1966 * '' Polyptychus carteri'' (Butler, 1882) – West Africa * '' Polyptychus chinensis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – central and southwest

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Polyptychus claudiae ''Polyptychus claudiae'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sumbawa in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific ...

'' Brechlin, Kitching & Cadiou, 2001 * '' Polyptychus coryndoni'' Rothschild & Jordan 1903 * '' Polyptychus dentatus'' (Cramer, 1777) –

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* '' Polyptychus distensus'' Darge 1990 * '' Polyptychus enodia'' (Holland 1889) * '' Polyptychus girardi'' Pierre 1993 * ''

Polyptychus herbuloti ''Polyptychus herbuloti'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atla ...

'' Darge 1990 * '' Polyptychus hollandi'' Rothschild & Jordan 1903 * ''

Polyptychus lapidatus ''Polyptychus lapidatus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Liberia to Ghana and Gabon. References

Polyptychus Moths described in 1917 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by James John Joicey {{Smerinthini-stub ...

'' Joicey & Kaye 1917 * ''

Polyptychus murinus ''Polyptychus murinus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in places such as Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Ivory Coast and the Central African Republic. Their wingspan The wings ...

'' Rothschild 1904 * '' Polyptychus nigriplaga'' Rothschild & Jordan 1903 * '' Polyptychus orthographus'' Rothschild & Jordan 1903 * ''

Polyptychus paupercula ''Polyptychus paupercula'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Liberia to Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the ...

'' Holland 1889 * ''

Polyptychus pierrei ''Polyptychus affinis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known at elevations up to in forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya. The larvae feed on ' ...

'' Kitching & Cadiou, 2000 * '' Polyptychus potiendus'' Darge 1990 * '' Polyptychus retusus'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1908 * '' Polyptychus rougeoti'' Carcasson 1968 * '' Polyptychus sinus'' Pierre 1985 * '' Polyptychus thihongae'' Bernardi 1970 * '' Polyptychus trilineatus'' Moore, 1888 –

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* '' Polyptychus trisecta'' (Aurivillius 1901) * ''

Polyptychus wojtusiaki ''Polyptychus wojtusiaki'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is distributed in Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of ...

'' Pierre, 2001

References

* {{Taxonbar , from=Q1757521 Smerinthini Sphingidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner