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Ambulyx pryeri is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by William Lucas Distant in 1887. It is found in Sundaland.Also found in Nepal.

Ambulyx pryeri
A. p. pryeri Sabah, Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Ambulyx
Species:	A. pryeri
Binomial name
Ambulyx pryeri Distant, 1887[1]
Synonyms
Ambulyx eteocles Huwe, 1895 Oxyambulyx eteocles Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Oxyambulyx sumatranus Rothschild, 1920 Oxyambulyx pryeri Distant; Diehl, 1980

Gallery

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  Male, dorsal view
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  Male, ventral view

Biology

Larvae have been recorded on Plumeria species.

Subspecies

• Ambulyx pryeri pryeri (Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines)
• Ambulyx pryeri tenggarensis Brechlin, 2009 (Flores)

References

External links

• "Ambulyx pryeri Distant, 1887". The Sphingidae of Southeast-Asia. Archived July 7, 2011.
• Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ambulyx pryeri Distant". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

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