Ambulyx placida

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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. 
• Cadiou, J.M. & Kitching, I.J. 1990. New Sphingidae from Thailand (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea 90(4): 3–34. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Plain gliding hawkmoth