Ambulyx japonica Rothschild, 1894

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Nomenclature

Tribe: Ambulycini

Genus: Ambulyx

Species:

Ambulyx japonica Rothschild, 1894

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species 87

Type data:

LECTOTYPE ♂ «Japan: Kiushiu [Kyūshū]» [NHMUK]; implicitly designated by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 58.

Taxonomic Notes:

Transferred to Oxyambulyx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 194 (key), 205. Transferred to Ambulyx by Inoue & Lin, 1992, Lepid. Taiwan 1 (2): 157. Erroneously transferred implicitly to Oxyambulyx by Zhu & Wang, 1997, Fauna Sinica Insecta 11: 224 (key), 226. Implicitly returned to Ambulyx by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 37.