Ambulyx ochracea Butler, 1885 - Ochreous Gliding Hawkmoth

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Ambulyx ochracea: The large, notched sub-basal black spot on the forewing inner margin, much larger than the sub-basal, costal black spot, is diagnostic. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh117125
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur1
Meghalaya31
Mizoram
Nagaland1111
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total15714261
  1. OD: Ambulyx ochracea Butler, 1885.Cistula ent. 3: 113. Type locality: Japan, [Honshu, Tochigi,] Nikko.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 21/13. 
  3. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_och.htm
  4. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/445 [accessed 08 January 2018]
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=51201

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ambulyx ochracea Butler, 1885 – Ochreous Gliding Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ambulyx-ochracea, accessed 2024/04/19.