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- Ambulyx Westwood, 1847
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Ambulyx Westwood, 1847; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: [61], TS: Sphinx substrigilis Westwood
Oxyambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 173 (key), 192, TS: Sphinx substrigilis Westwood
Ambulix ; Bremer & Grey, 1852, in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 62 (missp.)
Ambulyx (Ambulycini) ; [HMW, 17]
Ambulyx auripennis ; [HMW]
SE.Asia, Sundaland, Philippines, Andaman Island. See [About maps]
Ambulyx canescens Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 38
argentata Druce, 1882
Oxyambulyx canescens ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 205
Ambulyx canescens ; [MoT2]; [HMW]
Larva on
(reared on) Shorea lepidota [MOB3, 132]
Ambulyx canescens flava ; [HMW]
Ambulyx celebensis ; [HMW]
Ambulyx ceramensis ; [HMW]
S.Thailand, Malaya, Sundaland. See [About maps]
Oxyambulyx clavata Jordan, 1929; Novit. zool. 35: 61
Oxyambulyx clavata ; Diehl, 1980, 17
Ambulyx clavata ; [MoT2]; [HMW]
N.Myanmar, N.Thailand, C.Thailand. See [About maps]
Oxyambulyx cyclasticta Joicey & Kaye, 1917; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 20: 308
Ambulyx cyclasticta ; [HMW]
Australia, Kei, New Guinea - Solomons. See [About maps]
annulifera Swinhoe, 1892
Oxyambulux queenslandi Clark, 1928
Ambulyx dohertyi, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Ambulyx dohertyi ; [HMW]
Oxyambulyx salomonis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Ambulyx dohertyi salomonis ; [HMW]
Ambulyx immaculata ; [HMW]
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps]
Oxyambulyx joiceyi Clark, 1923; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 8: 70
Ambulyx joiceyi ; [HMW]
Thailand, E.China, W.China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Taiwan. See [About maps]
Oxyambulyx kuangtungensis Mell, 1922; Dt. ent. Z. 1922: 114
hoenei (Mell, 1937)
melli (Gehlen, 1942)
takasago (Okano, 1964)
Ambulyx kuangtungensis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Ambulyx kuangtungensis ; [HMW]
Ambulyx lestradei ; [HMW]
NE.India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, S.China (Sichuan, Hainan, Hunan, Hong Kong). See [About maps]
Ambulyx liturata Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 250
rhodoptera Butler, 1875
Ambulyx liturata, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Ambulyx liturata ; [HMW]
consanguis Butler, 1881
Ambulyx maculifera ; [HMW]
Ambulyx meeki ; [HMW]
Ambulyx meeki makirae ; [HMW]
Ambulyx meeki pyrrhina ; [HMW]
N.Thailand, NW.Vietman. See [About maps]
Ambulyx montana Cadiou & Kitching, 1990; Lambillionea 90 (4): 14
Ambulyx montana ; [HMW]
Hong Kong, Oriental Tropics - Sundaland, China (Guangxi, Hainan). See [About maps]
Ambulyx moorei Moore, [1858]; : 266
decolor (Schaufuss, 1870)
Ambulyx subocellata Felder, 1874; Reise Ost. Fregatte Novara, Lep: t. 76
turbata Butler, 1875
thwaitesii Moore, [1882]
nubila Huwe, 1895
chinensis (Clark, 1922)
Ambulyx moorei, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Oxyambulyx subocellata ; Rothschild & Jordan, 19003, 206
Ambulyx moorei ; [HMW]
Larva on
Buchanania,
Lannea,
Canarium [MOB3, 133]
Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, S.Thailand. See [About maps]
Ambulyx liturata obliterata Rothschild, 1920; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 5: 479
Oxyambulyx macromaculata Gehlen, 1940; Ent. Z. 54: 140
Oxyambulyx obliterata ; Diehl, 1980, 17
Ambulux obliterata ; [MoT2]
Ambulyx obliterata ; [HMW]
NE.India, Nepal, Thailand, Indochina, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong. See [About maps]
Ambulyx ochracea Butler, 1885; Cistula Ent., 3: 113
Ambulyx ochracea, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Ambulyx ochracea ; [HMW]
Ambulyx phalaris ; [HMW]
Ambulyx phalaris carycina ; [HMW]
Ambulyx placida Moore, 1888; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 390
citrona (Joicey & Kaye, 1917)
nepalplacida Inoue, 1972
Ambulyx placida, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Ambulyx placida ; [HMW]
Malaya, S.Thailand, Sundaland. See [About maps]
Ambulyx pryeri Distant, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 20[?18]: 271
moorei Boisduval, [1875]
?Ambulyx eteocles Huwe, 1895; Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 40 (3): 367
?eteocles (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Oxyambulyx sumatranus Rothschild, 1920; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 5: 479
Oxyambulyx pryeri ; Diehl, 1980, 21
Ambulyx pryeri ; [MoT2]; [HMW]
Larva on
Plumeria [MOB3, 131]
N.Thailand. See [About maps]
Ambulyx pseudoclavata Inoue, 1997; The Moths of Thailand 2: 30-31 [1996]
Ambulyx pseudoclavata ; [HMW]
NE.N.SE.S.SW.China, Japan, Korea. See [About maps]
Ambulix[sic] schauffelbergeri Bremer & Grey, 1853; in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 62
trilineata Rothschild, 1894
sobrina (Mell, 1922)
siaolouensis (Clark, 1937)
Ambulyx schauffelbergeri, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Ambulyx schauffelbergeri ; [HMW]
Ambulyx schmickae ; [HMW]
Sulawesi, Moluccas. See [About maps]
Ambulyx semifervens ; [HMW]
Philippines, ...?
felixi (Clark, 1924)
Ambulyx felixi ;
Ambulyx semifervens amboynensis ; [HMW]
NW.India - Japan, Nepal, Thailand, Indochina, China (Anhui Prov.), Korea, Java, Philippines (Luzon). See [About maps]
Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 252
brunnea (Mell, 1922)
reducta (Mell, 1922)
Oxyambulyx sericeipennis agana Jordan, 1929; Novit. zool. 35: 85
Oxyambulyx amaculata Meng, 1989; Entomotaxonomia 11: 4
Ambulyx sericeipennis sericeipennis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Ambulyx sericeipennis ; [HMW]
Ambulyx sericeipennis javanica ; [HMW]
Ambulyx sericeipennis luzoni ; [HMW]
Ambulyx sericeipennis tobii Inoue, 1976; Bull. Fac. domestic Sci. Otsuma Woman's Univ. 12: 173
Ambulyx sericeipennis tobii, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Ambulyx sericeipennis tobii ; [HMW]
Ambulyx staudingeri ; [HMW]
India - Peninsular Malaysia, S.China (Hainan, Hong Kong), Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines (Palawan). See [About maps]
Sphinx substrigilis Westwood, 1847; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: [61], pl. 30, f. 2, TL: Sylhet
philemon Boisduval, 1870
Oxyambulyx brooksi Clark, 1923; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 8: 52 [Sundaland]
subrufescens (Clark, 1936)
Oxyambulyx substrigilis cana Gehlen, 1940; Ent. Z. 54: 140
Ambulyx substrigilis substrigilis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Oxyambulyx substrigilis ; Rothschild, 1903, 201
Ambylux substrigilis ; [MoT2]; [HMW]
Larva on
Dipterocarpus,
Lagerstroemia,
Aglaia [MOB3, 130]
Ambulyx substrigilis aglaia ; [HMW]
Ambulyx suluensis ; [HMW]
Peninsular Malaysia, S.Thailand, S.Vietnam, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines. See [About maps]
Oxyambulyx tattina Jordan, 1919; Novit. Zool. 26 (1): 192
Oxyambulyx tattina borneensis Gehlen, 1940; Ent. Z. 54: 140
Ambulyx tattina ; [MoT2]; [HMW]
Ambulyx tattina uichancoi ; [HMW]
Ambulyx tenimberi ; [HMW]
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- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [Don Herbison-Evans]
- and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
- [HMW]
- Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
- [MOB3]
- Holloway, J. D, 1987; The Moths of Borneo, Part 3; Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae; (1998 reprint)
- [Tony Pittaway]
- WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)
- Some related literature:
- Bremer & Grey, 1852; Bremer & Grey, 1853
- Diagnoses de Lépidopterères nouveaux, trouvés par Mm. Tatarinoff et Gaschkewitch aux environs de Pekin
in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 58-67
- Butler, 1875
- Descriptions of new species of Sphingidae
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 238-261
- Butler, 1885
- Descriptions of moths new to Japan, collected by Messrs Lewis and Pryer
Cistula Ent., 3: 113-139
- Cadiou & Kitching, 1990
- New Sphingidae from Thailand (Lepidoptera)
Lambillionea 90 (4): 3-34
- Clark, 1923
- Thirty-three new Sphingidae
Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 8: 47-77
- Huwe, 1895
- Verzeichnis der von Hans Fruhstorfer während seines Aufenthalts auf Java in den Jahren 1891 bis 1893 erebeuteten Sphingiden
Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 40 (3): 356-372
- Inoue, 1976
- Some new and unrecorded moths belonging to the Bombyces and Sphinges from Japan (Lepidoptera)
Bull. Fac. domestic Sci. Otsuma Woman's Univ. 12: 153-179
- Jordan, 1919
- Some Sphingidae from the East
Novit. Zool. 26 (1):190-192
- Moore, 1888
- Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera collected by Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 390-412
- Rothschild, 1920
- Preliminary descriptions of some new species and subspecies of Indo-Malayan Sphingidae
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 5: 479-482
- Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae
Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 1-972, 67pls
- Walker, [1865]
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
31: 1-322 ([1865]),
32: 323-706 (1865),
33: 707-1120 (1865),
34: 1121-1534 ([1866]),
35: 1535-2040 (1866)
- Westwood, 1847
- The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, being...
Cabinet Orient. Ent.: [2] + 2 + 88pp, 42 pls (in parts)
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Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.
China (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hainan), Taiwan, Korea, Japan. See [About maps]
Oxyambulyx japonica Rothschild, 1894
Australia. See [About maps]
Ambulyx wildei, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]