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Polyptychus rougeoti

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Polyptychus rougeoti

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Polyptychus

Rank
  
Species

Polyptychus rougeoti is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Gabon.

The forewings are long and narrow, apex acute. The ground colour of the upperside is wood brown, mottled with olive yellow at the costa, the inner margin and in the subapical area. There is a large dark olive basal spot, and a paler olive spot at the inner margin and a triangular olive spot at the costa, before the apex. The underside of the forewings is wood brown, but much paler towards outer margin. The upperside of the hindwings is wood brown, paler at the tornus, where there is a dark brown spot. There is a long brown streak parallel to inner margin.

References

Polyptychus rougeoti Wikipedia