AMBULYX PLACIDA Moore, 1888

Female Ambulyx placida. Photo: © BMNH. Male Ambulyx placida. Photo: © BMNH.

TAXONOMY

Ambulyx placida Moore, 1888, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 390. Type locality: Nortwest India, Himachal Pradesh, Solon [Solan].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 104-114mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY

Unknown.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: vii (Xizang/Tibet).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Xizang/Tibet (??Pakyong, 5000'). Records from other parts of China are erroneous and refer to either Ambulyx regia or A. interplacida Brechlin, 2006.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

The Himalayan foothills of northern India, Nepal and Tibet.


Global distribution of Ambulyx placida. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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