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Taxonomy
Ambulyx liturata Butler, 1875
Nomenclature
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Tribe: AmbulyciniGenus: Ambulyx
Species:
Ambulyx liturata Butler, 1875
Usage:
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Reference:
Type data:
SYNTYPES ♂♀ Locality not stated [NHMUK]. A male has been labelled as manuscript lectotype in NHMUK (M.R. Honey pers. comm.).
Taxonomic Notes:
Erroneously synonymized with Ambulyx substrigilis by Hampson, 1893, Fauna Brit. India 1: 77. Raised to subspecies status by Rothschild, 1894, Novit. zool. 1: 87. Treated as a species and transferred to Oxyambulyx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 195 (key), 200. Transferred to Ambulyx by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.2.
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Synonyms: 1