Taxonomic Information
Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 species known from India.
Ambulyx aglaia (Jordan, 1923). India: S. India, Karnataka, Kerala.
Ambulyx auripennis Moore, 1879. Sri Lanka; S. India.
Ambulyx belli (Jordan, 1923). India: S. India.
Ambulyx canescens (Walker, [1865]). India: Assam, Tripura, Andaman Is.; Myanmar.
Ambulyx lahora Butler, 1875. India: NW India.
Ambulyx lestradei Cadiou, 1998. Sri Lanka.
Ambulyx liturata Butler, 1875. India: Himachal Pradesh east to E. Himalaya; Nepal; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Myanmar.
Ambulyx maculifera Walker, 1866. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh.
Ambulyx matti (Jordan, 1923). India: NW India, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu; Nepal.
Ambulyx moorei Moore, [1858]. India: E. Himalaya, Karnataka, Kerala; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ambulyx ochracea Butler, 1885. India: NW Himalaya, E. Himalaya, NE India; Nepal; Bhutan.
Ambulyx placida Moore, 1888. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal; Bhutan.
Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875. India: NW Himalaya, E. Himalayas; Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar.
Ambulyx semiplacida Inoue, 1990. India:
Ambulyx sinjaevi Brechlin, 1998
Ambulyx substrigilis (Westwood, [1848]). (Kumaon east to E. Himalaya, Andaman Is.; Nepal; Bhutan; Bangladesh.
Ambulyx tobii (Inoue, 1996). Bhutan.
Ambulyx bhutana Brechlin, 2014 is synonymized with Ambulyx semiplacida as a subspecies by Haxaire & Melichar, 2023, European Ent. 15 (3+4): 120.
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Ambulyx moorei Moore, 1858 – Cinnamon Gliding Hawkmoth: Buchanania cochinchinensis, Lannea coromandelica (Anacardiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Ambulyx moorei Moore, [1858]. In: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lepid. Ins. Mus. East India Company 1: 266. Type locality: [Indonesia,] Java [Jawa].
- Ambulyx subocellata R. Felder, [1874]. In: Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt. 2): pl. 76, fig. 3. Type locality: [Indonesia,] Java [Jawa]. As a synonym.
- Allen, M. 1993. Marvelous Moths of Nepal. Pg 17, pl 7 (as Ambulyx subocellata)
- Bell, T.R.D & F. B. Scott. 1937. Moths. Vol. 5. Sphingidae 537p - 1 folding map - 15 pl. Pg 136, # 28 as Oxyambulyx subocellata.
- Inoue, H., R.D. Kennett & I.J. Kitching. 1997. Moths of Thailand, Volume 2: Sphingidae. Pg 35, # 32, pl 9/32.
- Pittaway, A.R. & I.J. Kitching. Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.). Website accessed August 2015 Ambulyx moorei.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Ambulyx moorei Moore, [1858] – Cinnamon Gliding Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ambulyx-moorei, accessed 2026/04/04.