Polyptychus hamatus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Polyptychus
Species: Polyptychus hamatus
Name

Polyptychus hamatus (Dewitz, 1879)

Type locality: [Angola N, Cabinda], Chinchoxo.

Holotype: ZSM. male ♂. legit Falkenstein.
Synonyms

Smerinthus hamatus Dewitz, 1879
Lycosphingia hamatus Dewitz, 1879
Polyptychus hamatus Dewitz, 1879 (comb. rev. by Pierre 2014: 225).

References
Primary references

Dewitz, H. 1879a. Afrikanische Schmetterlinge. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 3: 23–35. Reference page.

Additional references

Pierre, J. 2014: Polyptychus lagnelae nom. nov. for Avinoffia hollandi (Clark, 1917). The genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819. Concept of genus (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 119(2): 223–228. Reference page.