Anambulyx
Anambulyx | |
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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] | |
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Anambulyx is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing only one species, Anambulyx elwesi.
Repartition
Is known from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]
Description
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.
Biology
Adults have been recorded from May to July in Thailand.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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