Ambulyx pryeri

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Ambulyx pryeri
A. p. pryeri
Sabah, Borneo
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ambulyx
Species:
A. pryeri
Binomial name
Ambulyx pryeri
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx eteocles Huwe, 1895
  • Oxyambulyx eteocles Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Oxyambulyx sumatranus Rothschild, 1920
  • Oxyambulyx pryeri Distant; Diehl, 1980

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.

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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

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

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