Anambulyx

Anambulyx
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
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)
Synonyms
	Ambulyx elwesi Druce, 1882; Anambulyx elwesi kitchingi Smetacek, 2004;

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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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