title: Polyptychus chinensis
text: # 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.
  
  ## Description
  
  The wingspan is 92–112 mm.
  
  * Female
  * Female underside
  * Male
  * Male underside
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * Polyptychus chinensis chinensis (Taiwan and the southern Ryukyu Archipelago)
  * Polyptychus chinensis draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 (Central to southwestern China)
  * Polyptychus chinensis draconoides Mell, 1935 (Central to eastern China)
  * Polyptychus chinensis shaanxiensis Brechlin, 2008 (Shaanxi)
  