Polyptychus nigriplaga
Species of insect
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Polyptychus nigriplaga is a moth in the family Sphingidae. It is native to central and western Africa.
| Polyptychus nigriplaga | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychus |
| Species: | P. nigriplaga |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyptychus nigriplaga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
- Polyptychus nigriplaga nigriplaga
- Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui Clark, 1926 (lowland forest from Liberia and the Ivory Coast to the Congo and Uganda)[1]