Common Gliding Hawkmoth

Ambulyx sericeipennis

"Ambulyx sericeipennis" is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found from northern Pakistan and northern India eastwards across Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to central and southern China and Taiwan.
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Appearance

The wingspan is 95–124 mm. It is similar to "Ambulyx maculifera".

Naming

*"Ambulyx sericeipennis sericeipennis"
⤷ "Ambulyx sericeipennis javanica"
⤷ "Ambulyx sericeipennis joiceyi"
⤷ "Ambulyx sericeipennis luzoni"
⤷ "Ambulyx sericeipennis okurai"
⤷ "Ambulyx sericeipennis palawanica" Brechlin, 2009

Food

The larvae have been recorded feeding on "Juglans regia", "Engelhardia spicata", "Elaeocarpus", "Quercus", "Myrica nagi", "Betula alnoides" and "Rhus" species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusAmbulyx
SpeciesA. sericeipennis
Photographed in
Malaysia