''Polyptychoides assimilis'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly 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, but species ar ...

. It is found in South and East

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

, including

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

. Some authors consider it to be a subspecies of ''

Polyptychoides grayii ''Polyptychoides grayii'', or Gray's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingti ...

''.

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* Retrieved April 23, 2018. Polyptychoides Moths described in 1903 Moths of Africa Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Smerinthini-stub