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Taxonomy of Genus Polyptychus Carcasson, 1968


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
DivisionDitrysia
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
FamilySphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms
449
7314
Genera
Species
SubfamilySmerinthinae
Grote & Robinson, 1865
81
1806
Genera
Species
TribeSmerinthini
Grote & Robinson, 1865
59
1402
Genera
Species
GenusPolyptychus
Carcasson, 1968
167Species
Subnodes of Polyptychus Carcasson, 1968
SpeciesPolyptychus afarissaque Darge, 2004
SpeciesPolyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus amaniensis Carcasson, 1968
SpeciesPolyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
Copper Winged Polyptychus
3Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
2Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus assimilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus auriguttatus Gehlen, 1934
2Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus aurora Clark, 1936
SpeciesPolyptychus baltus Pierre, 1985
SpeciesPolyptychus barnsi Clark, 1926  ⇒ Polyptychus kivui
2Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
Baxter´s Polyptychus
3Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus bernardii Rougeot, 1966
SpeciesPolyptychus bouyeri Kitching, 2016
SpeciesPolyptychus brevis Oberthur, 1909  ⇒ Gynoeryx brevis
SpeciesPolyptychus cadioui Darge, 2005
SpeciesPolyptychus carteri Butler, 1882
SpeciesPolyptychus celebensis Clark, 1929
SpeciesPolyptychus chibinda Darge, 2011
SpeciesPolyptychus chinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
4Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus claudiae Brechlin , Kitching & Cadiou, 2001
SpeciesPolyptychus claudiaei Brechlin, Kitching & Cadiou, 2001
SpeciesPolyptychus compar Rothschild & Jordan, 1903  ⇒ Neopolyptychus compar
2Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus convexus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus corydoni
SpeciesPolyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Coryndon´s Polyptychus
SpeciesPolyptychus costalis Mell, 1922
SpeciesPolyptychus cothina Carcasson, 1968
SpeciesPolyptychus dargei Bouyer, 2016
SpeciesPolyptychus dentatus Cramer, 1777
Straight-lined crenulate hawkmoth
SpeciesPolyptychus denticulatus Hearsey., 1864
SpeciesPolyptychus deschampsi Bouyer, 2016
SpeciesPolyptychus digitatus Karsch, 1891
SpeciesPolyptychus distensus Darge, 1990
SpeciesPolyptychus draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916  ⇒ Polyptychus chinensis
2Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus draconoides Mell, 1935
SpeciesPolyptychus ducarmei Bouyer, 2016
SpeciesPolyptychus enodia Holland, 1889
SpeciesPolyptychus eothina Tams, 1930
SpeciesPolyptychus erosus Jordan, 1923
3Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus falcatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903  ⇒ Falcatula falcatus
SpeciesPolyptychus ferroseus Gehlen, 1950  ⇒ Polyptychus aurora
SpeciesPolyptychus fractus Melichar & Řezáč, 2018
SpeciesPolyptychus fulgurans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903  ⇒ Rufoclanis fulgurans
SpeciesPolyptychus furcillatus Darge, 2011
SpeciesPolyptychus geita Darge, 2011
SpeciesPolyptychus gigas Aurivillius, 1891
SpeciesPolyptychus girardi Pierre, 1993
SpeciesPolyptychus grayi Walker, 1856
SpeciesPolyptychus grayii Walker, 1856
SpeciesPolyptychus guessfeldti
SpeciesPolyptychus guessfeldtii Dewitz, 1879
SpeciesPolyptychus hamatus Dewitz, 1879
SpeciesPolyptychus herbuloti Darge, 1990
SpeciesPolyptychus hollandi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus inconspicuus Holland, 1889  ⇒ Polyptychus paupercula
SpeciesPolyptychus insulanus Darge, 2004
SpeciesPolyptychus jansei Clark, 1936  ⇒ Polyptychus baxteri
SpeciesPolyptychus janseri Clark, 1936
SpeciesPolyptychus javanicus Gehlen., 1931
SpeciesPolyptychus jolyanorum Bouyer, 2016
SpeciesPolyptychus kalisi Jordan, 1938
SpeciesPolyptychus kelanus Jordan, 1930
SpeciesPolyptychus kindunus Strand, 1918  ⇒ Rufoclanis numosae
Wawy Polyptychus
1Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus kitchingi Bouyer, 2016
SpeciesPolyptychus kivui Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus lagnelae Pierre, 2014
SpeciesPolyptychus lapidatus Joicey & Kaye, 1917
SpeciesPolyptychus lucindae Takano, 2021
SpeciesPolyptychus luteatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus margo Basquin & Pierre, 2004
SpeciesPolyptychus marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus mbarikensis Darge & Minetti, 2005
SpeciesPolyptychus meander Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesPolyptychus melichari Bouyer & Kitching, 2023
SpeciesPolyptychus meridianus Kernbach, 1963
SpeciesPolyptychus mincopicus Jordan, 1930
SpeciesPolyptychus modesta Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesPolyptychus modestum Bernardi, 1970  ⇒ Polyptychus affinis
SpeciesPolyptychus modestus Maasen, 1880
SpeciesPolyptychus molitor Rothschild & Jordan, 1912  ⇒ Larunda molitor
SpeciesPolyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
SpeciesPolyptychus mutata Walker, 1855
SpeciesPolyptychus nigriplaga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
2Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus niloticus Jordan, 1921
4Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus obtusus Darge, 2004
SpeciesPolyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus ortomus Pierre & Basquin, 2021
SpeciesPolyptychus pauliani Viette, 1956
SpeciesPolyptychus paulianii Viette, 1956
SpeciesPolyptychus paupercula Holland, 1889
3Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus philippiensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus philippinensis
SpeciesPolyptychus pierrei I. J. Kitching & Cadiou, 2000  ⇒ Polyptychus affinis
SpeciesPolyptychus poliades Rothschild & Jordan, 1906  ⇒ Polyptychus carteri
SpeciesPolyptychus politzari Darge & Basquin, 2005
SpeciesPolyptychus potiendus Darge, 1990
SpeciesPolyptychus prionites Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
SpeciesPolyptychus pygarga Karsch, 1891  ⇒ Neopolyptychus pygarga
SpeciesPolyptychus retusus Rothschild & Jordan, 1908  ⇒ Polyptychus affinis
SpeciesPolyptychus reussi Strand, 1911  ⇒ Polyptychus coryndoni
SpeciesPolyptychus rhadamistus Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesPolyptychus rosea Druce, 1882
SpeciesPolyptychus rougeoti Carcasson, 1968
SpeciesPolyptychus ruaha Darge, 2004
SpeciesPolyptychus senniger Jordan, 1920
SpeciesPolyptychus septentrionalis Darge, 2004
SpeciesPolyptychus sinus Pierre, 1985
SpeciesPolyptychus smithi Takano, 2021
SpeciesPolyptychus sonantis Jordan, 1930
SpeciesPolyptychus thihongae Bernardi, 1970
SpeciesPolyptychus timesicus Butler, 1877
SpeciesPolyptychus timesius Semper, 1896
SpeciesPolyptychus tiro Kernbach, 1957
SpeciesPolyptychus trilineatus Moore, 1888
12Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus trisecta Aurivillius, 1901
SpeciesPolyptychus undatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesPolyptychus unilineata Clark, 1935
SpeciesPolyptychus villiersi Rougeot, 1970
SpeciesPolyptychus virescens tanzanica Carcasson, 1968
1Subspecies
SpeciesPolyptychus vuattouxi Pierre, 1989
SpeciesPolyptychus wojtusiaki Pierre, 2001

Synonyms
Basiana (Walker, 1856)


Distribution of Polyptychus Carcasson, 1968
Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Republic South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe


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