Ambulyx semiplacida

male

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Ambulycini
Genus: Ambulyx
Subspecies: Ambulyx semiplacida

Name

Ambulyx semiplacida Inoue, 1990

Type locality: Lushan Spa, 1,200 m, Nantou Hsien.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 9-11.III.1985. legit K. Yazaki.

Synonymy

• Ambulyx placida semiplacida Inoue, 1990: 248 (original combination)
• Ambulyx semiplacida (Inoue, 1990):

References

Primary references

• Inoue, H. 1990a: Supplementary notes on the Sphingidae of Taiwan, with special reference to Marumba spectabilis-complex. Tinea 12(28): 245–258. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brechlin, R. 2014. A new species of the genus Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 from Bhutan and NE India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 7(2): 50–55. Reference page. 
• Cadiou, J.-M. & I.J. Kitching, 1990: New Sphingidae from Thailand (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea XC 4 déc.: 3–34.

Vernacular names

English: Inoue's gliding hawkmoth