''Neopolyptychus'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, ...
first described by
Robert Herbert Carcasson
Robert Herbert Carcasson (5 December 1918, in Cheltenham, UK – 23 September 1982, in Victoria, B.C., Canada) was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies, but also authored two field guides to tropical fishes. He joined the Coryn ...
in 1968.
Species
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Neopolyptychus ancylus''
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
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Neopolyptychus centralis''
Basquin & Pierre, 2005
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Neopolyptychus choveti''
Pierre, 2004
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Neopolyptychus compar
''Neopolyptychus compar'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from ''Brachystegia'' woodland from Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airpl ...
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(Rothschild & Jordan 1903)
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Neopolyptychus consimilis''
(Rothschild & Jordan 1903)
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Neopolyptychus convexus''
(Rothschild & Jordan 1903)
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Neopolyptychus prionites''
(Rothschild & Jordan 1916)
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Neopolyptychus pygarga''
(Karsch 1891)
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Neopolyptychus serrator''
(Jordan 1929)
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Neopolyptychus spurrelli
''Neopolyptychus spurrelli'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Ghana to Sierra Leone.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, ...
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(Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
References
Smerinthini
Sphingidae genera
Taxa named by Robert Herbert Carcasson
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