ANAMBULYX ELWESI (Druce, 1882)

Fresh female Anambulyx elwesi. Photo: © BMNH Faded male Anambulyx elwesi. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Ambulyx elwesi Druce, 1882, Entomologist's mon. Mag. 19: 17. Type locality: [India, West Bengal,] Darjiling [Darling].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 100mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, southwestern China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.


Global distribution of Anambulyx elwesi. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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