Polyptychus trilineatus

Polyptychus trilineatus, the common crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from large parts of South Asia.

Polyptychus trilineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Polyptychus
Species:	P. trilineatus
Binomial name
Polyptychus trilineatus Moore, 1888[1]

Description

The wingspan is 74–112 mm.

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  Male
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  Male underside
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  Female
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  Female underside

Biology

The larvae feed on Ehretia species.[2]

Subspecies

• Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus (northern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China (Hainan), Thailand and Vietnam)
• Polyptychus trilineatus celebensis Clark, 1929 (Sulawesi)
• Polyptychus trilineatus costalis Mell, 1922 (southern China)[3]
• Polyptychus trilineatus javanicus Gehlen, 1931
• Polyptychus trilineatus kelanus Jordan, 1930
• Polyptychus trilineatus luteatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (southern India, Sri Lanka)
• Polyptychus trilineatus mincopicus Jordan, 1930
• Polyptychus trilineatus sonantis Jordan, 1930
• Polyptychus trilineatus philippinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Philippines)

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  P. t. celebensis, dorsal view
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  P. t. celebensis, ventral view
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  P. t. javanicus, dorsal view
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  P. t. javanicus, ventral view

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus Moore, 1888 -- Common crenulate hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
3. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus trilineatus costalis Mell, 1922 -- Common crenulate hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.