Biology:Anambulyx
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Short description: Genus of moths
Anambulyx | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Tribe: | Smerinthini |
Genus: | Anambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
Species: | A. elwesi
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Binomial name | |
Anambulyx elwesi (H. Druce, 1882)[1]
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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.
Distribution
Is known from northern Pakistan , northern India , Nepal, south-western China , northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]
Biology
Adults have been recorded from May to July in Thailand.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Anambulyx/elwesi.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) -- Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_elw.htm. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q1757141 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anambulyx.
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