AMBULYX SEMIPLACIDA SEMIPLACIDA Inoue, 1990

Female Ambulyx semiplacida semiplacida. Photo: © NHMUK Male Ambulyx semiplacida semiplacida. Photo: © NHMUK

TAXONOMY

Ambulyx semiplacida Inoue, 1990, Tinea 12: 248. Type locality: Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Lushan Spa, 1200m.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Similar to Ambulyx placida Moore, 1888, but forewing upperside subterminal line more strongly arched and the yellow proximal border is broader; abdominal sternum 8 of the male is more strongly bilobed.


ADULT BIOLOGY

Unrecorded.


FLIGHT-TIME

Taiwan: iii-iv (Nantou Hsien); 2.vi (Nantou Hsien).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unrecorded.

LARVA: Unrecorded.

PUPA: Unrecorded.

Larval hostplants. Recorded from Pistacia chinensis.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Taiwan: Nantou Hsien (Lushan Spa, 1200m; Hotso; Renluen, 1400m; Xinyi township, Wangxiang, 2300m).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Taiwan.

[The 'Ambulyx semiplacida' described from China (Yunnan, Sichuan and Guangxi), and northeastern India (Assam), are Ambulyx semiplacida interplacida Brechlin, 2006 and Ambulyx semiplacida bhutana Brechlin, 2014, respectively (Haxaire & Melichar, 2023)].


Global distribution of Ambulyx semiplacida semiplacida. Map: © NHMUK.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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