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 sonantis Jordan, 1930

Type Locality

North Kanara, Karwar [India]

=Polyptychus trilineatus sonantis Jordan, 1930: 2 (TL. India (S): North Kanara, Karwar)

Distribution

Specific Records

Southwest India

States/Union Territories

Karnataka

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

South India, Western Ghats

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Distribution

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