Ambulyx japonica koreana Inoue, 1993, Insecta Koreana 10: 50. Type locality: South Korea, Kangwon Province, Mt. Odae [Odae-san].
Wingspan: 81--86mm.
China: 9.v (Xingshan); 10.v (Fangshan); vi (Qinling; Baihua Shan); 25.vi (Changbai Shan); 20.vii (Lingyuan). North Korea: 24-30.vi (South Pyongan Province). South Korea: 13.v-3.vi (Kyonggi Province); 18-31.v (South Chungchong Province); 20.v-26.vii (Kangwon Province); 11.vi (South Cholla Province); 14.vii (Cheju Province).
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Larval hostplants. Recorded in China on unspecified Aceraceae (Chu & Wang, 1980). In Japan, the nominotypical subspecies has been recorded on Acer (Inoue et al., 1982) and Carpinus japonica (Nakamura, 1977), while Yano (1994) reared it on Carpinus laxiflora and C. tschonoskii. Juglans mandschurica and Rhus javanica were refused.
Unknown.
China: Jilin (Changbai Shan); Liaoning (Lingyuan); Beijing (Fangshan; Baihua Shan); Tianjin (Baxian Shan); Shaanxi (Qinling); Hubei (Xingshan, 1300m); Sichuan; ?Hainan (Jinfeng).
The many records from the Qinling Mountains and other mountainous areas of China represent a considerable extension of the known range of this subspecies (NCFY, SFSI, IZAS). The record from Hainan (Zhu & Wang, 1997), however, is suspect (too far south).
North Korea: South Pyongan Province (Myohyang-san).
South Korea: Baengnyeong-do & Daecheong-do; Kyonggi Province (Gwangleung; Aengmubong; Youngjong-do; Myungji-san); Kangwon Province (Chiak-san; Hongcheon; Odae-san; Samak-san; Daeryong-san; Seolak-san; Yangyang; Taebek-san; Donghae; Chuncheon; Bongmyung-ri; Jiam-ri; Youngwol); South Chungchong Province (Gyeryong-san); North Cholla Province (Daedun-san; Mujugucheondong; Jiri-san; Namwon); South Cholla Province (Nejang-san; Baekyang Temple; Wolchul-san; Gurye; Haenam); North Kyongsang Province (Ulleung-do; Sobaek-san; Youngcheon; Cheongdo); South Kyongsang Province (Hamyang; Jinyang; Yeohang-san; Muhak-san; Namhae; Pusan; Geoje-do; Goseong; Milyang; Sancheong; Ulsan; Uiryong; Hadong; Hapcheon); Cheju Province (Cheju-do; Shiitake-goya, 800m; Topyung; Gwaneum Temple; Andeok; Sungpanak; Youngsil; Ipseok-dong; Seoguipo).
Korea and eastern China. Previously, this subspecies was considered restricted to the Korean Peninsula.
There are two other subspecies, A. j. japonica in Japan and A. j. angustifasciata in Taiwan.
Holarctic; eastern Palaearctic region. Pleistocene refuge: Monocentric -- Sinopacific refugium.
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