Ambulyx sericeipennis okurai

Ambulyx sericeipennis

Ambulyx sericeipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Bombycoidea
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Ambulyx
Species:	A. sericeipennis
Binomial name
Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875
Synonyms
Ambulyx okurai (Okano, 1959) Oxyambulyx amaculata Meng, 1989 Oxyambulyx sericeipennis agana Jordan, 1929 Oxyambulyx sericeipennis brunnea (Mell, 1922) Oxyambulyx sericeipennis reducta (Mell, 1922) Oxyambulyx sericeipennis javanica Clark, 1930 Oxyambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi Clark, 1923 Oxyambulyx sericeipennis luzoni Clark, 1924

Ambulyx sericeipennis is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from northern Pakistan and northern India eastwards across Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to central and southern China and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 95-124 mm. It is similar to Ambulyx maculifera, but greyer and the submarginal band of the forewing upperside extends to the costal and anal margins.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Juglans regia, Engelhardia spicata, Elaeocarpus, Quercus, , and Rhus species.

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