Ambulyx pryeri
| Ambulyx pryeri | |
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| A. p. pryeri Sabah, Borneo | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Ambulyx |
| Species: | A. pryeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Ambulyx pryeri | |
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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
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.
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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.