Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 198

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
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COMMON NAME(S): Hawk moth, Sphinx moth or Hornworm.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mwinilunga, in Northwestern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; D’Abrera 1987; De Prins & De Prins 2022.