Polyptychus baxteri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Polyptychus
- Species
- Polyptychus baxteri
- Scientific Name
- Polyptychus baxteri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Polyptychus baxteri
Polyptychus baxteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern and western Africa.
The length of the forewings is 26 mm for males, females are somewhat larger.
The larvae feed on Thespesia species.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Polyptychus affinis
- Polyptychus andosa
- Polyptychus anochus
- Polyptychus assimilis
- Polyptychus auriguttatus
- Polyptychus aurora
- Polyptychus baltus
- Polyptychus barnsi
- Polyptychus baxteri
- Polyptychus bernardii
- Polyptychus bouyeri
- Polyptychus carteri
- Polyptychus chinensis
- Polyptychus claudiae
- Polyptychus coryndoni
- Polyptychus dargei
- Polyptychus dentatus
- Polyptychus deschampsi
- Polyptychus digitatus
- Polyptychus ducarmei
- Polyptychus enodia
- Polyptychus erosus
- Polyptychus ferroseus
- Polyptychus fractus
- Polyptychus girardi
- Polyptychus grayi
- Polyptychus grayii
- Polyptychus guessfeldtii
- Polyptychus hamatus
- Polyptychus herbuloti
- Polyptychus hollandi
- Polyptychus javanicus
- Polyptychus jolyanorum
- Polyptychus kitchingi
- Polyptychus kivui
- Polyptychus lagnelae
- Polyptychus lapidatus
- Polyptychus luteatus
- Polyptychus marshalli
- Polyptychus murinus
- Polyptychus nigriplaga
- Polyptychus niloticus
- Polyptychus orthographus
- Polyptychus paupercula
- Polyptychus pierrei
- Polyptychus retusus
- Polyptychus rougeoti
- Polyptychus sinus
- Polyptychus thihongae
- Polyptychus trilineatus
- Polyptychus trisecta
- Polyptychus vuattouxi
- Polyptychus wojtusiaki