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Neopolyptychus compar

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Neopolyptychus

Neopolyptychus compar

Neopolyptychus compar is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania.

The wingspan is 64–83 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Brachystegia spicaeformis.

Subspecies

  • Neopolyptychus compar compar (Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania)
  • Neopolyptychus compar septentrionalis Carcasson, 1968 (coastal areas of Kenya and northern Tanzania)

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