Polyptychus chinensis

Polyptychus chinensis
Dorsal
Scientific classification
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 is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago.

Description

The wingspan is 92–112 mm.

Subspecies

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Polyptychus chinensis chinensis at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Polyptychus chinensis draconis at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  4. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Polyptychus chinensis draconoides at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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