AMBULYX JAPONICA JAPONICA (Rothschild, 1894)

Adult female Ambulyx japonica japonica. Photo: © BMNH Adult male Ambulyx japonica japonica. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Oxyambulyx japonica Rothschild, 1894, Novit. zool. 1: 87. Type locality: Japan: Kiushiu [Kyushu].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Disturbed female Ambulyx japonica japonica, Japan. Photo: © Kenichiro Nakao.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Japan: 5-27.v (Honshu); 2.vi (Honshu); 14-28.vi (Honshu); 1-16.vii (Honshu); 29.vii (Tsushima).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants. Recorded from Acer (Inoue et al., 1982) and Carpinus japonica (Nakamura, 1977). Yano (1994) reared it on Carpinus laxiflora and C. tschonoskii. Juglans mandschurica and Rhus javanica were refused.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Japan: Honshu (Takao-San; nr. Hinoharu; Tokyo; Mikaboyama, 750m; Namezawa Spa, 700m; Bushi; Mononoki Spa, 950m); Shikoku; Kyushu; Tsushima (Sasuna).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Japan.


Global distribution of Ambulyx japonica japonica. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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