Anambulyx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Anambulyx elwesi, or Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1882.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Tribe: | Smerinthini |
Genus: | Anambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
Species: | A. elwesi |
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Anambulyx elwesi (H. Druce, 1882)[1] | |
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Is known from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]
Adults have been recorded from May to July in Thailand.
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