Polyptychus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Description
They are a middle-sized to large (wingspan 65âÂÂ120 mm), light-brown hawk moth. The head is unusually large in subfamily Smerinthinae, with the back of the body long and cylindrical.
Life
These moths fly at night and do not visit flowers, and they do not particularly seek out light. In all cases, they lay their eggs in the plants of the family Boraginaceae.
Species list
- Polyptychus affinis <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> â Africa
- Polyptychus andosa <small>(Walker 1856)</small>
- Polyptychus anochus <small>Rothschild & Jordan 1906</small>
- Polyptychus aurora <small>Clark 1936</small>
- Polyptychus baltus <small>Pierre 1985</small>
- (Polyptychus barnsi) <small>Clark 1926</small>
- Polyptychus baxteri <small>Rothschild & Jordan 1908</small>
- Polyptychus bernardii <small>Rougeot 1966</small>
- Polyptychus carteri <small>(Butler, 1882)</small> â West Africa
- Polyptychus chinensis <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> â central and southwest China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
- Polyptychus claudiae <small>Brechlin, Kitching & Cadiou, 2001</small>
- Polyptychus coryndoni <small>Rothschild & Jordan 1903</small>
- Polyptychus dentatus <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small> â Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan
- Polyptychus distensus <small>Darge 1990</small>
- Polyptychus enodia <small>(Holland 1889)</small>
- Polyptychus girardi <small>Pierre 1993</small>
- Polyptychus herbuloti <small>Darge 1990</small>
- Polyptychus hollandi <small>Rothschild & Jordan 1903</small>
- Polyptychus lapidatus <small>Joicey & Kaye 1917</small>
- Polyptychus murinus <small>Rothschild 1904</small>
- Polyptychus nigriplaga <small>Rothschild & Jordan 1903</small>
- Polyptychus orthographus <small>Rothschild & Jordan 1903</small>
- Polyptychus paupercula <small>Holland 1889</small>
- Polyptychus pierrei <small>Kitching & Cadiou, 2000</small>
- Polyptychus potiendus <small>Darge 1990</small>
- Polyptychus retusus <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1908</small>
- Polyptychus rougeoti <small>Carcasson 1968</small>
- Polyptychus sinus <small>Pierre 1985</small>
- Polyptychus thihongae <small>Bernardi 1970</small>
- Polyptychus trilineatus <small>Moore, 1888</small> â India, Vietnam and southern China
- Polyptychus trisecta <small>(Aurivillius 1901)</small>
- Polyptychus wojtusiaki <small>Pierre, 2001</small>
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