Taxonomy of Genus Platysphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 322
33641
568299 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 208
32654
567261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 197
32461
565431 | Families
Genera
Species | | Division | Ditrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186
32290
560864 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 74
20388
404639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 66
18154
371101 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 14
1019
18314 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 449
7314 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Smerinthinae
Grote & Robinson, 1865
| 81
1806 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Smerinthini
Grote & Robinson, 1865
| 59
1402 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Platysphinx
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
| 25 | Species |
Subnodes of Platysphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 | Species | Platysphinx basquini Pierre, 1989
| | | | Species | Platysphinx bituberculatus Darge, 1986 ⇒ Platysphinx phyllis
| | | | Species | Platysphinx bourkei Distant, 1897 ⇒ Poliana albescens
| | | | Species | Platysphinx bouyeri Haxaire & Bompar, 2003
| | | | Species | Platysphinx conspersa Mabille, 1878 ⇒ Platysphinx stigmatica
| | | | Species | Platysphinx constrigilis Walker, 1869
| 5 | Subspecies | | Species | Platysphinx dorsti Rougeot, 1977
| | | | Species | Platysphinx lamtoi Pierre, 1989
| | | | Species | Platysphinx lemoulti Walker, 1869 ⇒ Platysphinx phyllis
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
| | | | Species | Platysphinx piabilis Distant, 1897
Measly Hawk | | | | Species | Platysphinx piabillis Distant, 1897
| | | | Species | Platysphinx pulchra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
| | | | Species | Platysphinx stigmatica Mabille, 1878
| | | | Species | Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Platysphinx zabolichus Haxaire & Melichar, 2007
| | | | Species | Platysphinx zabolicus Haxaire & Melichar, 2007
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Distribution of Platysphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Republic South Africa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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