Anambulyx

Anambulyx
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Anambulyx
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
A. elwesi
Binomial name
Anambulyx elwesi
(H. Druce, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx elwesi H. Druce, 1882
  • Anambulyx elwesi kitchingi Smetacek, 2004

Anambulyx is a type of moth genus. It is in the family of Sphingidae. The genus was documented by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It only has one only species, the Anambulyx elwesi, or Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth. was first described by Herbert Druce in 1882.

Distribution

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It is from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]

References

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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.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) -- Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.