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Taxonomy
Ambulyx Walker, 1856 [Invalid]
Nomenclature
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Tribe: AmbulyciniGenus: Protambulyx
Genus:
Ambulyx Walker, 1856
Usage:
invalid
Unacceptability Reason:
homonym & junior synonym
Reference:
Sphingidae 77 (key), 120
Type data:
Type species: Sphinx strigilis Linnaeus, 1771, by original designation.
Nomenclature notes:
A junior homonym of Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and an objective synonym of Protambulyx Rothschild & Jordan. Ambulyx was regarded by Burmeister as a Boisduval manuscript name.