Polyptychus chinensis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Polyptychus chinensis		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Polyptychus Rank Species

Similar Polyptychus, Parum, Acosmeryx, Marumba

Polyptychus chinensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago.

Description

The wingspan is 92–112 mm.

Polyptychus chinensis chinensis (Taiwan and the southern Ryukyu Archipelago)

Polyptychus chinensis draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 (Central to southwestern China)

Polyptychus chinensis draconoides Mell, 1935 (Central to eastern China)

Polyptychus chinensis shaanxiensis Brechlin, 2008 (Shaanxi)

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