Polyptychus chinensis

Polyptychus chinensis, the Chinese crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago.

Polyptychus chinensis
Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Polyptychus
Species:	P. chinensis
Binomial name
Polyptychus chinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]
Synonyms
Polyptychus draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916

Description

The wingspan is 92–112 mm.

• 
  Female
• 
  Female underside
• 
  Male
• 
  Male underside

Subspecies

• Polyptychus chinensis chinensis (Taiwan and the southern Ryukyu Archipelago)[2]
• Polyptychus chinensis draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 (Central to southwestern China)[3]
• Polyptychus chinensis draconoides Mell, 1935 (Central to eastern China)[4]
• Polyptychus chinensis shaanxiensis Brechlin, 2008 (Shaanxi)

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus chinensis chinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 -- Chinese crenulate hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
3. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus chinensis draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 -- Chinese crenulate hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
4. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus chinensis draconoides Mell, 1935 -- Chinese crenulate hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.