''Polyptychus nigriplaga'' is a

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 ...

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, ...

. It is native to central and western Africa.

Subspecies

*''Polyptychus nigriplaga nigriplaga'' *''Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui'' Clark, 1926 (lowland forest from Liberia and the Ivory Coast to the Congo and Uganda)

References

Polyptychus Moths described in 1903 Insects of Cameroon Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Insects of Uganda Fauna of Gabon Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Smerinthini-stub