Ambulyx placida ♂

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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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 placida

Name

Ambulyx placida Moore, 1888

Type locality: India, Solon

Lectotype: BMNH . female ♀. legit J.H. Hocking. (lectotype designated by Cadiou & Kitching 1990: 12)

Synonyms

  • Oxyambulyx citrona Joicey & Kaye, 1917 (synonymized by Cadiou & Kitching 1990: 11).
  • Ambulyx placida nepalplacida Inoue, 1992

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. 

Vernacular names

English: Plain gliding hawkmoth
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