Biology:Polyptychus chinensis

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Short description: Species of moth

Polyptychus chinensis
Polyptychus chinensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 20 Taiwan male dorsal.jpg
Dorsal view
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
P. chinensis
Binomial name
Polyptychus chinensis
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916

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 92–112 mm.

Subspecies

  • Polyptychus chinensis chinensis (Taiwan and the southern Ryukyu Archipelago)[2]
  • Polyptychus chinensis draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 (Central to southwestern China)[3]
  • Polyptychus chinensis draconoides Mell, 1935 (Central to eastern China)[4]
  • Polyptychus chinensis shaanxiensis Brechlin, 2008 (Shaanxi)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2462051 entry