AMPELOPHAGA NIKOLAE Haxaire & Melichar, 2007

Male Ampelophaga nikolae [HOLOTYPE], Wuyi Shan, 50km SE from Yingtan, Jiangxi-Fujian border, China, 1600m, 27°56'N 117°25'E. Photo: © Sphingidae Museum, Pribram

TAXONOMY

Ampelophaga nikolae Haxaire & Melichar, 2007, Lambillionea 107: 187. Type locality: China, Jiangxi-Fujian border, 50km SE from Yingtan, Wuyi Shan, 1600m, 27°56'N 117°25'E.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Very similar to Ampelophaga khasiana Rothschild, 1895, from which it probably developed via an isolated population in southeast China.


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

China: iv-v (Wuyi Shan, Fujian/Jiangxi).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Jiangxi (Wuyi Shan, 1600m); Fujian (Wuyi Shan, 1600m).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to southwestern China.


Global distribution of Ampelophaga nikolae. Map: © Tony Pittaway.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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