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Taxonomy
Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875
Nomenclature
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Tribe: AmbulyciniGenus: Ambulyx
Species:
Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875
Usage:
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Type data:
[Syntypes] [>=1]♂ [>=1]♀ Northwest Himalayas [India: Uttaranchal,]: Massuri [Mussoorie] (Hutton) [BMNH]. Erroneously synonymized with Ambulyx substrigilis by Hampson, [1893], Fauna Brit. India 1: 77. Raised to subspecies status by Rothschild, 1894, Novit. zool. 1: 87. Reinstated as a species and transferred to Oxyambulyx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 195. Returned to Ambulyx by Cadiou & Kitching, 1990, Lambillionea 90(4): 12. Erroneously transferred implicitly to Oxyambulyx by Zhu & Wang, 1997, Fauna Sinica Insecta 11: 225 (key), 231. Implicitly returned to Ambulyx by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 38.
Taxonomic Notes:
Synonymized with Ambulyx substrigilis by Hampson, 1893, Fauna Brit. India 1: 77. Raised to subspecies status by Rothschild, 1894, Novit. zool. 1: 87. Reinstated as a species and transferred to Oxyambulyx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 195. Returned to Ambulyx by Cadiou & Kitching, 1990, Lambillionea 90(4): 12. Transferred implicitly to Oxyambulyx by Zhu & Wang, 1997, Fauna Sinica Insecta 11: 225 (key), 231. Implicitly returned to Ambulyx by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 38.
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Synonyms: 5