African Moths Gambia


 

Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908

 

SYNONYMS
Polyptychus jansei,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 30
afarissaque, affinis, andosa, anochus, assimilis, aurora, baltus, basrnsi, baxteri, bernardii, cadioui, carteri, coryndoni, enodia, girardi, herbuloti, hollandi, lapidatus, murinus, nigriplaga, orthographus, pauliani, paupercula, potiendus, retusus, rougeoti, sinus, thihongae, trisecta, wojtusiaki,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Thespesia, Azanza garckeana,

Polyptychus baxteri

Upperside

 

Upperside (ZM)

 
Upperside (ZM)
Polyptychus baxteri   Polyptychus baxteri   Polyptychus baxteri
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution Map
Polyptychus baxteri   Polyptychus baxteri   Map
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: N. Voaden