Taxonomic Information
Polyptychus Hübner, [1819] species known from India.
Polyptychus trilineatus Moore, 1888. India: Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim; Sri Lanka; Bhutan.
Polyptychus dentatus (Cramer, [1777]). India: S. India, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharshtra, Sikkim, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Polyptychus dentatus (Cramer, 1777) – Straight-lined Crenulate Hawkmoth: Cordia dichotoma, Cordia sebestena, Cordia subcordata (Boraginaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Sphinx dentatus Cramer, 1777, Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exot.) 2: 42, pl. 125, fig. D. Type locality: [India,] "Coromandel" [Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh].
- Sravani, V. L. P. 2020. Taxonomic studies on hawk moths belonging to the family Sphingidae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-165. Thesis submitted to ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_den.htm [accessed 30 April 2019]
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/2262 [accessed 30 April 2019]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polyptychus dentatus (Cramer, [1777]) – Straight-lined Crenulate Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/polyptychus-dentatus, accessed 2025/10/28.