2011-04-01

Ambulyx montana

Ambulyx montana

Ambulyx montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ambulyx
Species: A. montana
Binomial name
Ambulyx montana
Cadiou & Kitching, 1990

Ambulyx montana is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Thailand, Vietnam and Burma.

It is similar to Ambulyx semiplacida but larger, with a more elongated forewing and paler grey. Furthermore, the forewing upperside subbasal spot posterior to the cell is smaller, the basal area of the hindwing upperside is shaded with grey at least to the medial line and along the inner margin of the tornus.

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