Anambulyx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Anambulyx elwesi, or Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1882.

Anambulyx
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Anambulyx
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
A. elwesi
Binomial name
Anambulyx elwesi
(H. Druce, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx elwesi H. Druce, 1882
  • Anambulyx elwesi kitchingi Smetacek, 2004

Distribution

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Is known from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]

Biology

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Adults have been recorded from May to July in Thailand.

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) -- Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.