Array ( [0] => Tamil Nadu [1] => Andhra Pradesh [2] => Himachal Pradesh [3] => Madhya Pradesh [4] => West Bengal [5] => Uttar Pradesh [6] => Jharkhand [7] => Karnataka [8] => Sikkim [9] => Maharashtra )

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Smerinthinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Polyptycus Hübner, [1819] 1816

Type Species

Sphinx dentatus Cramer, [1779] 1777

= Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1891: 228 (TS: Ambulyx guessfeldtii Dewitz, 1879, by monotypy)
= Lycosphingia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 172 (key), 264 (TS: Smerinthus hamatus Dewitz, 1879, by original designation)
= Avinoffia Clark, 1929: 23 (TS: Lycosphingia hollandi Clark, 1917, by original designation)
= Polyptychoides Carcasson, 1968: 22 (TS: Smerinthus grayi Walker, 1856, by original designation)
= Polyptychopsis Carcasson, 1968: 22 (TS: Polyptychus marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, by original designation)

Species/Subspecies

Polyptycus dentatus Cramer, [1779] 1777 (Sphinx)

Type Locality

Coromandel [Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh, India]

= Sphinx timesius Stoll, 1790: 172, pl. 40, fig. 1 (TL. Coromandel Coast [Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh])
= Sphinx modesta Fabricius, 1793: 356 (TL. Tamil Nadu)

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Coasts, Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, Western Ghats

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