African Moths Gambia


 

Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Coryndon's Polyptychus.

SYNONYMS
Polyptychus reussi,

 

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
Angola, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Morus, Parinari curatellifolia, Monotes kerstingii,

Polyptychus coryndoni
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Upperside
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
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Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
 
Live (DRC)
 
 
Distribution Map
Polyptychus coryndoni     Map
Photo: N. Voaden