Anambulyx
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Genus: | Anambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Species: | A. elwesi
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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.
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