African Moths Gambia


 

Polyptychus retusus Rothschild & Jordan, 1908

SYNONYMS

 

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, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

 

Polyptychus retusus
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (SL)
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Photo: JL. Albert
 
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GA)
 
Underside (SL)
 
Live (UG)
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Photo: JL. Albert
 
 
Photo: P. Waring
Live (SL)
 
Live (SL)
 
Distribution Map
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