Biology:Ambulyx pryeri

Short description: Species of moth

Ambulyx pryeri
A. p. pryeri Sabah, Borneo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Ambulyx
Species:	A. pryeri
Binomial name
Ambulyx pryeri Distant, 1887
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.

Gallery

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  Male, dorsal view

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  Male, ventral view

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)

External links

• "Ambulyx pryeri Distant, 1887". The Sphingidae of Southeast-Asia. Archived July 7, 2011.
• Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ambulyx pryeri Distant". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sphingidae/sphingidae_8_5.php. Retrieved January 11, 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2638065 entry