Ambulyx dohertyi

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Ambulyx dohertyi
Ambulyx dohertyi dohertyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 173 Wau, Papua New Guinea male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal view
Ambulyx dohertyi dohertyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 173 Wau, Papua New Guinea male ventral.jpg
Male ventral view
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ambulyx
Species:
A. dohertyi
Binomial name
Ambulyx dohertyi
Rothschild, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx annulifera Swinhoe, 1892
  • Oxyambulyx dohertyi queenslandi Clark, 1928
  • Oxyambulyx dohertyi salomonis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Ambulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894.

Distribution[]

It is known from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.[2]

Description[]

It is similar to Ambulyx moorei and Ambulyx semifervens but the greenish olive stripe across tegula is sharply defined and broader, continued onto the metanotum as a broad stripe. The adult are dimorphic. Males have brown patterned forewings, each with three black spots outlined in white. The hindwings are patterned in yellow and orange. The females have dark purplish brown forewings and darker hindwings, with patterns similar to those of the male.

Subspecies[]

  • Ambulyx dohertyi dohertyi
  • Ambulyx dohertyi novobritannica Brechlin & Kitching, 2010 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Ambulyx dohertyi novoirlandensis Brechlin & Kitching, 2010 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Ambulyx dohertyi queenslandi Clark, 1928 (Papua New Guinea, Queensland)
  • Ambulyx dohertyi salomonis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Solomon Islands)

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 May 2017). "Ambulyx dohertyi Rothschild, 1894". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 November 2018.


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