Ambulyx sericeipennis
| Ambulyx sericeipennis | |
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| Ambulyx sericeipennis okurai | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Ambulyx |
| Species: | A. sericeipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ambulyx sericeipennis is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from northern Pakistan and northern India eastwards across Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to central and southern China and Taiwan.[2]
The wingspan is 95–124 mm. It is similar to Ambulyx maculifera, but greyer and the submarginal band of the forewing upperside extends to the costal and anal margins.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Juglans regia, Engelhardia spicata, Elaeocarpus, Quercus, Myrica nagi, Betula alnoides and Rhus species.
Subspecies
- Ambulyx sericeipennis sericeipennis
- Ambulyx sericeipennis javanica (Clark, 1930) (Java)
- Ambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi (Clark 1923) (Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Vietnam and Laos)
- Ambulyx sericeipennis luzoni (Clark, 1924) (Luzon)
- Ambulyx sericeipennis okurai (Okano, 1959) (Taiwan)
- Ambulyx sericeipennis palawanica Brechlin, 2009 (Palawan)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.