Polyptychus chinensis, the Chinese crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago.
Description
The wingspan is 92âÂÂ112 mm.
Subspecies
- Polyptychus chinensis chinensis (Taiwan and the southern Ryukyu Archipelago)
- Polyptychus chinensis draconis <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1916</small> (Central to southwestern China)
- Polyptychus chinensis draconoides <small>Mell, 1935</small> (Central to eastern China)
- Polyptychus chinensis shaanxiensis <small>Brechlin, 2008</small> (Shaanxi)
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