Anambulyx

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Anambulyx
Anambulyx elwesi MHNT CUT 2010 0 146 Chiang Mai, Thailand, male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
Anambulyx elwesi MHNT CUT 2010 0 146 Chiang Mai, Thailand, male ventral.jpg
Male ventral
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Anambulyx
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
A. elwesi
Binomial name
Anambulyx elwesi
(H. Druce, 1882) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx elwesiH. Druce, 1882
  • Anambulyx elwesi kitchingiSmetacek, 2004

Anambulyx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Anambulyx elwesi, or Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1882.

Contents

Distribution

Is known from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam. [2]

Biology

Adults have been recorded from May to July in Thailand.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) -- Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.