Ambulyx dohertyi

Ambulyx dohertyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ambulyx
Species: A. dohertyi
Binomial name
Ambulyx dohertyi
Rothschild, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx annulifera Swinhoe, 1892
  • Oxyambulyx dohertyi queenslandi Clark, 1928
  • Oxyambulyx dohertyi salomonis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Ambulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland.[2]

It is similar to Ambulyx moorei and Ambulyx semifervens but the greenish olive stripe across tegula is sharply defined and broader, continued onto the metanotum as a broad stripe. The adult are dimorphic. Males have brown patterned forewings, each with three black spots outlined in white. The hindwings are patterned in yellow and orange. The females have dark purplish brown forewings and darker hindwings, with patterns similar to those of the male.

Subspecies

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2011-10-26.


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