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Taxonomy
Protambulyx sulphurea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Nomenclature
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Tribe: AmbulyciniGenus: Protambulyx
Species:
Protambulyx sulphurea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Usage:
valid
Reference:
A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae 175 (key), 177
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ Venezuela: Aroa [NHMUK].
Nomenclature notes:
First proposed by Rothschild, 1894, Novit. zool. 1: 542, as an aberration of Ambulyx eurycles. Raised to species status by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 175 (key), 177, who thereby made the name available.
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Synonyms: 1