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Ambulyx sericeipennis, the common gliding hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found from northern Pakistan and northern India eastwards across Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to central and southern China and Taiwan.[2]

Ambulyx sericeipennis
Ambulyx sericeipennis sericeipennis, dorsal view
Ambulyx sericeipennis sericeipennis, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Ambulyx
Species:	A. sericeipennis
Binomial name
Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875[1]
Synonyms
Ambulyx okurai (Okano, 1959) Oxyambulyx amaculata Meng, 1989 Oxyambulyx sericeipennis agana Jordan, 1929 Oxyambulyx sericeipennis brunnea (Mell, 1922) Oxyambulyx sericeipennis reducta (Mell, 1922) Oxyambulyx sericeipennis javanica Clark, 1930 Oxyambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi Clark, 1923 Oxyambulyx sericeipennis luzoni Clark, 1924

The wingspan is 95–124 mm. It is similar to Ambulyx maculifera, but greyer and the submarginal band of the forewing upperside extends to the costal and anal margins.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Juglans regia, Engelhardia spicata, Elaeocarpus, Quercus, Myrica nagi, Betula alnoides and Rhus species.

Subspecies

• Ambulyx sericeipennis sericeipennis
• Ambulyx sericeipennis javanica (Clark, 1930) (Java)
• Ambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi (Clark 1923) (Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Vietnam and Laos)
• Ambulyx sericeipennis luzoni (Clark, 1924) (Luzon)
• Ambulyx sericeipennis okurai (Okano, 1959) (Taiwan)
• Ambulyx sericeipennis palawanica Brechlin, 2009 (Palawan)

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  Ambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi male, dorsal view
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  Ambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi male, ventral view
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  Ambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi female, dorsal view
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  Ambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi female, ventral view

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  Male Ambulyx sericeipennis okurai, dorsal view
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  Male Ambulyx sericeipennis okurai, ventral view

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