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Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)

Gray's Polyptychus.

SYNONYMS
Smerinthus grayii

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
chilbinda, digitatus, erosus, furcillatus, geita, grayii, insulanus, mbarikensis, niloticus, ruaha, septentrionalis, vuattouxi,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Burkea africana, Celtis, Cordia caffra, Cordia sebestena, Ehretia rigida, Rhamnus prinoides,

Polyptychoides grayii
Upperside
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside ssp assimilis
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Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Live (ZA)
 
Live (TZ)
 
Live (TZ)
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Photo: A. Liebenberg
 
Photo: D. Bygott
 
Photo: D. Bygott
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Polyptychoides grayii     Map
Photo: H. Roland