Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C48D-FF1A-62F6-F909FD049D94 |
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Plazi |
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Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908 |
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Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908 View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Baxter´s Polyptychus Hawkmoth
SYNONYM(S): None.
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kalambo Falls , in Northern Province ; Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Mwinilunga, in Northwestern Province .
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include two Malvaceae species Thespesia sp. and Azanza garckeana (F.Hoffm.) Exell & Hillc.( African Moths 2019) .
SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.
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