African Moths Gambia


 

Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904

 

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, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Zambia,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

Polyptychus muirnus
Upperside (GA)
 

Upperside (ZM)

 
Upperside (ZM)
Polyptychus muirnus   Polyptychus muirnus   Polyptychus muirnus
Photo: JL. Albert
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside (GA)
Polyptychus muirnus   Polyptychus muirnus   Polyptychus muirnus
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: JL. Albert
Live (CM)
 
Live (LR)
 
Distribution Map
Polyptychus muirnus   Polyptychus muirnus   Map
Photo: A. Guyonnet
 
Photo: M. Stanton