Polyptychus paupercula

Polyptychus paupercula is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Liberia to Uganda.

Polyptychus paupercula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
P. paupercula
Binomial name
Polyptychus paupercula
(Holland, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus pauperculus
  • Dewitzia paupercula Holland, 1889
  • Polyptychus inconspicuus Strand, 1912

The length of the forewings is 27–31 mm for males, while females are larger, darker and broader winged. The wings are broader and less acuminate (tapering to a long point) than other Polyptychus species. It is very similar in shape and markings to Andriasa contraria. The forewings are pale greyish brown, with numerous crenulate (scalloped) darker transverse lines, more or less parallel. There is a darker spot near the apex and another at the inner margin, near the tornus. There is also a large rounded orange brown basal dot. The hindwings are pale greyish brown, but the margin is darker, especially near the tornus. There are traces of an inner marginal streak.[1]

Subspecies
  • Polyptychus paupercula paupercula
  • Polyptychus paupercula senniger Jordan, 1920[2]

References
  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.
  2. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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