Ambulyx sericeipennis

Ambulyx sericeipennis

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
Species: Ambulyx sericeipennis
Subspecies: A. s. javanica – A. s. joiceyi – A. s. luzoni – A. s. okurai – A. s. palawanica – A. s. pirika – A. s. sericeipennis – A. s. tobii

Name

Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875

Synonyms

• Oxyambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875
• Oxyambulyx sericeipennis agana Jordan, 1929
• Oxyambulyx amaculata Meng, 1989
• Oxyambulyx sericeipennis tobii Inoue, 1976 (synonymized by Kobayashi et al., 2006: 172)
• Ambulyx okurai Okano, 1999 (synonymized by Kobayashi et al., 2006: 172)

References

• Brechlin, R. 2009k.Notes on the sericeipennis species-group of the genus Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 with the description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomo-satsphingia 2(2): 60–66. Reference page. 
• Clark, B.P., 1924: Twelve new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England zoological Club 9: 11–21.
• Kishida, Y. 2018. Notes on Japanese Ambulyx sericeipennis, with description of a new subspecies from Hokkaido. Japan Heterocerists’ Journal 287: 287-288. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kobayashi, H., Wang, M. & Yano, K. 2006. A new species of the genus Ambulyx from Guangdong, China and remarks upon Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Tinea 19(3): 169–174. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Common gliding hawkmoth