Anambulyx

Anambulyx
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Smerinthini
Genus:	Anambulyx; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:	A. elwesi
Binomial name
	Anambulyx elwesi; (H. Druce, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
	Ambulyx elwesi H. Druce, 1882; Anambulyx elwesi kitchingi Smetacek, 2004;

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]

Description

The wingspan is about 100 mm. It is similar to a very dark Callambulyx rubricosa rubricosa, but differs in genital and other morphology. The distal two-thirds of the forewing upperside is dark and the proximal one-third is green and much paler. There is a deep pink basal area on the hindwing upperside and a dark, almost black distal two-thirds in which a narrow lunate purple patch is discernible.

Biology

Adults have been recorded from May to July in Thailand.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) -- Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) -- Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.