Amplypterus mansoni

Amplypterus mansoni is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1924. It is known from south-east Asia, including north-eastern India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra and Java).

Amplypterus mansoni
Amplypterus mansoni mansoni, male, upperside - Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Amplypterus
Species:
A. mansoni
Binomial name
Amplypterus mansoni
(Clark, 1924)[1]
Synonyms
  • Compsogene mansoni Clark, 1924
  • Compsogene mansoni pendleburyi Clark, 1938
  • Compsogene mansoni formosana Clark, 1936
  • Oxyambulyx mansoni takamukui Matsumura, 1930

The wingspan is 110–115 mm.

Subspecies
  • Amplypterus mansoni mansoni
  • Amplypterus mansoni takamukui (Matsumura, 1930) (Taiwan)

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.


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