Polyptychus is a type of moth in the family Sphingidae. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Middle-sized to large (wing span 65 – 120 mm), light brown hawk moth. The head is unusually large in the Smerinthinae, with the back of the body long and cylindrical.
These moths fly at night and do not visit flowers, and they don't particularly seek out light. In all cases, they lay their eggs in the plants of the Boraginaceae family.
Order moths, Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758GlossataCoelolepidaMyoglossataNeolepidopteraHeteroneuraEulepidopteraDitrysiaApoditrysiaMacrolepidopteraBombycoideaFamily SphingidaeSubfamily SmerinthinaeGenus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819 - around 30 types, Africa and Southeast AsiaPolyptychus affinis - Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - AfrikaPolyptychus andosa - (Walker 1856)Polyptychus anochus - Rothschild & Jordan 1906Polyptychus aurora - Clark 1936Polyptychus baltus - Pierre 1985(Polyptychus barnsi) - Clark 1926Polyptychus baxteri - Rothschild & Jordan 1908Polyptychus bernardii - Rougeot 1966Polyptychus carteri - (Butler, 1882) - West AfricaPolyptychus chinensis - Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Central and Southwest China, Taiwan, Ryukyu IslandsPolyptychus claudiae - Brechlin, Kitching & Cadiou, 2001Polyptychus coryndoni - Rothschild & Jordan 1903Polyptychus dentatus- (Cramer, 1777) - Sri Lanka, India and PakistanPolyptychus distensus - Darge 1990Polyptychus enodia - (Holland 1889)Polyptychus girardi - Pierre 1993Polyptychus herbuloti - Darge 1990Polyptychus hollandi - Rothschild & Jordan 1903Polyptychus lapidatus - Joicey & Kaye 1917Polyptychus murinus - Rothschild 1904Polyptychus nigriplaga - Rothschild & Jordan 1903Polyptychus orthographus - Rothschild & Jordan 1903Polyptychus paupercula - Holland 1889Polyptychus pierrei - Kitching & Cadiou, 2000Polyptychus potiendus - Darge 1990Polyptychus retusus - Rothschild & Jordan, 1908Polyptychus rougeoti - Carcasson 1968Polyptychus sinus - Pierre 1985Polyptychus thihongae - Bernardi 1970Polyptychus trilineatus - Moore, 1888 - India - Vietnam and South ChinaPolyptychus trisecta - (Aurivillius 1901)Polyptychus wojtusiaki - Pierre, 2001
