Ambulyx latifascia Brechlin & Haxaire, 2014, Entomo-Satsphingia 7(2): 46. Type locality: China, NW Yunnan, 5km N Hutiao Xia, 2200m.
Wingspan: 65--80mm. Similar to Ambulyx kuangtungensis f. adhemariusa (Eitschberger, Bergmann & Hauenstein, 2006), but can be distinguished by several external characters, as well as by the male genitalia.
Forewing with greenish-black subbasal spot and costal spot enlarged, approaching each another or even fused into a single transverse band (as in some specimens of Ambulyx kuangtungensis); blackish green spot on submarginal area between veins CuA1 and CuA2 with generally smaller than in Ambulyx kuangtungensis. Forewing and hindwing undersides with scattered and more conspicuous pinkish-orange scales. Female similar to male but wings broader and forewing ground colour ochraceous and pattern paler, brown curved dotted postmedial line darker, antennae much slenderer.
Male genitalia very similar to Ambulyx kuangtungensis. Harpe broader, much blunter and more shovel-shaped; concavity on dorsal edge with a broader and blunter distal tooth than that in Ambulyx kuangtungensis. Phallus posterior lobe slender and not as curved as in Ambulyx kuangtungensis, with more conspicuous tiny teeth laterally.
Unknown, apart from frequenting mixed scrub and woodland (Brechlin & Haxaire, 2014).
China: 23-27.iv (Hutiaoxia, Yunnan); viii (Gaoligong Shan, Yunnan).
OVUM: Unknown.
LARVA: Unknown.
PUPA: Unknown.
Larval hostplants. Unknown.
Unknown.
China: Sichuan (Panzhihua, 2130m); Yunnan (Hutiaoxia [formerly Qiaotou], 2200-2310m; Gaoligong Shan, 1500-2000m; Renhe Village, 2210m; Tacheng, Weixi County, 2510m).
Endemic to southern China.
Holarctic; eastern Palaearctic region.
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