Polyptychus carteri
| Polyptychus carteri | |
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| Polyptychus carteri, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychus |
| Species: | P. carteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1852) | |
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Polyptychus carteri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo and Uganda.[1]
The length of the forewings is 33–35 mm. The head and body are pale greyish brown with a dark median streak on the head and thorax. The forewings are pale greyish brown.
References
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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