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Ambulyx dohertyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Ambulyx dohertyi

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ambulyx

Rank
  
Subspecies

Ambulyx dohertyi

Similar
  
Ambulyx ochracea, Ambulyx, Smerinthinae

Ambulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland.

It is similar to Ambulyx moorei and Ambulyx semifervens but the greenish olive stripe across tegula is sharply defined and broader, continued onto the metanotum as a broad stripe. The adult are dimorphic. Males have brown patterned forewings, each with three black spots outlined in white. The hindwings are patterned in yellow and orange. The females have dark purplish brown forewings and darker hindwings, with patterns similar to those of the male.

Subspecies

  • Ambulyx dohertyi dohertyi
  • Ambulyx dohertyi novobritannica Brechlin & Kitching, 2010 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Ambulyx dohertyi novoirlandensis Brechlin & Kitching, 2010 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Ambulyx dohertyi queenslandi Clark, 1928 (Papua New Guinea, Queensland)
  • Ambulyx dohertyi salomonis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Solomon Islands)
  • References

    Ambulyx dohertyi Wikipedia