Polyptychus herbuloti
| Polyptychus herbuloti | |
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| Incomplete male specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychus |
| Species: | P. herbuloti
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyptychus herbuloti Darge, 1990[1]
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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.
The length of the forewings is 43–45 mm. The forewing upperside is uniform pale chocolate-brown to brown. The transverse lines and typical spots of Polyptychus and Neopolyptychus species are barely visible to well marked.
References[]
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
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- Polyptychus
- Moths described in 1990
- Fauna of the Central African Republic
- Fauna of Gabon
- Moths of Africa
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