Anambulyx

Anambulyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Anambulyx
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species: A. elwesi
Binomial name
Anambulyx elwesi
(Druce, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx elwesi Druce, 1882
  • Anambulyx elwesi kitchingi Smetacek, 2004

Anambulyx is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing only one species, Anambulyx elwesi, which is known from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]

The wingspan is about 100 mm. It is similar to a very dark Callambulyx rubricosa rubricosa, but differs in genital and other morphology. The distal two-thirds of the forewing upperside is dark and the proximal one-third is green and much paler. There is a deep pink basal area on the hindwing upperside and a dark, almost black distal two-thirds in which a narrow lunate purple patch is discernible.

Adults have been recorded from May to July in Thailand.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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