Callambulyx poecilus

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Callambulyx poecilus
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Male dorsal
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Male ventral
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Callambulyx
Species:
C. poecilus
Binomial name
Callambulyx poecilus
(Rothschild, 1898) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx poecilusRothschild, 1898

Callambulyx poecilus is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found along the southern slopes of the Himalaya, from northern Pakistan, through Nepal and north-eastern India to southern China (Yunnan and Hainan Island), and south into northern Thailand and Vietnam. It is also known from northern Sumatra. [2]

The wingspan is about 77 mm.

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References

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  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Callambulyx poecilus (Rothschild, 1898)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2011.