Ambulyx sericeipennis

Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Sultan, Amir, Kitching, Ian J., Pittaway, Anthony R., Markhasiov, Maxim, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Naz, Falak, 2014, The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Zootaxa 3794 (3), pp. 393-418 : 399

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:933EF6C6-A5BA-4CD3-B0B1-EA4205F36A84

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6134983

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787F8-4102-9E6C-EBAD-4245FAC0FDF1

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scientific name

Ambulyx sericeipennis
status

 

A. sericeipennis View in CoL subsp. sericeipennis Butler, 1875

Plate 1, Fig. 19

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Islamabad,] Margalla Hills, Pir Sohawa, 33°49’N 73°08’E, 1000m, iv. 1999 ( CRBP); “ Azad Jammu and Kashmir” [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Himalaya Mts., Ayubia, 30km N Murree, near Nathia Ghali, 33°49’N 73°08’E, 2600m, iv. 1999 ( CRBP).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Pakistan. The nominotypical subspecies occurs from northern Pakistan and northern India eastwards across Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to central and southern China, including Taiwan ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).

Pittaway, A. R. & Kitching, I. J. (2013) Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Available from: http: // tpittaway. tripod. com / china / china. htm (accessed 1 December 2013)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sphingidae

Tribe

Ambulycini

Genus

Ambulyx