Biology:Polyptychus affinis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychus |
| Species: | P. affinis
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| Polyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Polyptychus affinis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known at elevations up to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[1]
The larvae feed on Detarium senegalense and Albizia species.[2]
Taxonomy
Polyptychus retusus is sometimes treated as a valid species.[3]
References
- ↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 26 (3): 1–173. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Polyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/POLYAFFI. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144853/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Polyptychus/retusus.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Wikidata ☰ Q1354698 entry
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