Ambulyx pryeri
Ambulyx pryeri | |
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A. p. pryeri Sabah, Borneo | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Ambulyx |
Species: | A. pryeri
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Binomial name | |
Ambulyx pryeri | |
Synonyms | |
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Ambulyx pryeri is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by William Lucas Distant in 1887. It is found in Sundaland.
Gallery[]
Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view
Biology[]
Larvae have been recorded on Plumeria species.
Subspecies[]
- Ambulyx pryeri pryeri (Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines)
- Ambulyx pryeri tenggarensis Brechlin, 2009 (Flores)
References[]
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- "Ambulyx pryeri Distant, 1887". The Sphingidae of Southeast-Asia. Archived July 7, 2011.
- Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ambulyx pryeri Distant". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
Categories:
- Ambulyx
- Moths described in 1887
- Moths of Asia
- Ambulycini stubs