Ambulyx placida | |
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Male ventral | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Ambulyx |
Species: | A. placida |
Binomial name | |
Ambulyx placida | |
Synonyms | |
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Ambulyx placida, the plain gliding hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Himalayan foothills of northern India, Nepal and Tibet. [2]
The wingspan is 104–114 mm. It is similar to Ambulyx semiplacida , but can be distinguished by the much smaller subbasal spot on the forewing upperside.
Psilogramma increta, the plain grey hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Macroglossum glaucoptera, the dark hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is known from Sri Lanka, Thailand, southern China, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular), Indonesia and the Philippines (Mindanao). Single specimen recorded from Papua New Guinea.
Ambulyx canescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.
Ambulyx moorei, the cinnamon gliding hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern and eastern India, the Nicobar Islands and Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Ambulyx ochracea, the ochreous gliding hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885.
Acosmeryx sinjaevi, the southern gliding hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Ron Brechlin and Ian J. Kitching in 1996 and is known from northern Vietnam and Hainan and Fujian, China.
Polyptychus chinensis, the Chinese crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago.
Ambulyx adhemariusa is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Ulf Eitschberger, Andreas Bergmann and Armin Hauenstein in 2006. It is known from Sichuan in China. A. adhemariusa may be a form of Ambulyx kuangtungensis.
Sphinx caligineus, the Chinese pine hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Japan, north-eastern, eastern, central and southern China, South Korea, northern Thailand and southern Vietnam.
Smerinthulus perversa, the lichenous hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Taiwan, Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western and southern China and Thailand.
Ambulyx interplacida is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Ronald Brechlin in 2006. It is known from the south-eastern Chinese provinces of Jiangxi and Hunan.
Ambulyx japonica is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894. It is known from eastern China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
Ambulyx liturata is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Ambulyx semiplacida is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1990.
Ambulyx sericeipennis, the common gliding hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. 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.
Ambulyx tobii is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1976. It is found from Japan and South Korea down through eastern China to Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Ambulyx substrigilis, the dark-based gliding hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by John O. Westwood in 1847.
Ambulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894.