Ambulyx pryeri
Appearance
| Ambulyx pryeri | |
|---|---|
| A. p. pryeri Sabah, Borneo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Ambulyx |
| Species: | A. pryeri |
| 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.Also found in Nepal.
Gallery
[edit]- Male, dorsal view
- Male, ventral view
Biology
[edit]Larvae have been recorded on Plumeria species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Ambulyx pryeri pryeri (Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines)
- Ambulyx pryeri tenggarensis Brechlin, 2009 (Flores)
References
[edit]- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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External links
[edit]- "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.