Ambulyx moorei

Ambulyx moorei

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Ambulyx
Species:	A. moorei
Binomial name
*Ambulyx moorei* Moore, [1858]^[1]
Synonyms
Ambulyx decolor (Schaufuss, 1870) Ambulyx subocellata Felder, 1874 Ambulyx turbata Butler, 1875 Ambulyx thwaitesii Moore, [1882] Ambulyx nubila Huwe, 1895 Ambulyx chinensis (Clark, 1922) Oxyambulyx subocellata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Smerinthus decolor Schaufuss, 1870 Oxyambulyx moorei chinensis Clark, 1922

Ambulyx moorei is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern and eastern India, the Nicobar Islands and Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, the Philippines (Palawan, Balabac), Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).

The wingspan is 100–110 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Canarium album in China. Other recorded food plants include Buchanania and Lannea species.

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