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    Polyptychus nigriplaga

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    Polyptychus nigriplaga
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Family: Sphingidae
    Genus: Polyptychus
    Species:
    P. nigriplaga
    Binomial name
    Polyptychus nigriplaga
    Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
    Synonyms
    • Polyptychus nigriplagus
    • Polyptychus nigriplagus f. barnsi Clark, 1926
    • Polyptychus barnsi Clark, 1926

    Polyptychus nigriplaga is a moth in the family Sphingidae. It is native to central and western Africa.

    Subspecies

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    • Polyptychus nigriplaga nigriplaga
    • Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui Clark, 1926 (lowland forest from Liberia and the Ivory Coast to the Congo and Uganda)[1]

    References

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    1. ^ Carcasson, R. H. (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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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