Biology:Polyptychus chinensis
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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. chinensis
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| Polyptychus chinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]
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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.
Female
Female underside
Male
Male underside
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
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20120802155756/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Polyptychus/chinensis.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus chinensis chinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 -- Chinese crenulate hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_chi.htm. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus chinensis draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 -- Chinese crenulate hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_dra.htm. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus chinensis draconoides Mell, 1935 -- Chinese crenulate hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_drc.htm. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q2462051 entry
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