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Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875 – Common Gliding Hawkmoth
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Ambulyx sericeipennis – Common Gliding Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875 – Common Gliding Hawkmoth- Buchanania cochinchinensis,Toxicodendron hookeri (Anacardiaceae),Betula alnoides (Betulaceae), Engelhardtia spicata, Juglans regia (Juglandaceae),Myricasp. (Myricaceae), Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
List of Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 known from India.
Ambulyx aglaia Jordan, 1923, Karnataka (Melichar et al., 2018).
Ambulyx auripennis Moore, 1879, India (Pittaway and Kitching, 2013).
Ambulyx bhutana Brechlin, 2014. India: Aruanchal Pradesh (Sondhi et al. 2021).
Ambulyx belli (Jordan, 1923), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013).
Ambulyx canescens (Walker, 1864), India (Bell and Scott, 1937).
Ambulyx interplacida Brechlin, 2006, Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Ambulyx lahora Bultler, 1875, North West India (Rafi et al., 2014).
Ambulyx liturata Butler, 1875, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim (Kitching, 2020).
Ambulyx maculifera (Walker, 1866), Arunachal Pradesh.
Ambulyx matti (Jordan, 1923), Jharkhand (Singh and Ranjan, 2016), North West India, Nepal (Rafi et al., 2014), Sikkim (Kitching, I.J. 2020).
Ambulyx moorei (Moore,1858), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, (Kaleka et al., 2017), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017).
Ambulyx ochracea Butler, 1885, Meghalaya (Bortolin et al., 1998).
Ambulyx placida (Moore, 1888), Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir (Ganai et al., 2020), Nepal (Inoue, 1992).
Ambulyx pryeri (Distant, 1887), Tripura (Chakraborty et al., 2018).
Ambulyx sericeipennis (Butler, 1875), Assam, Meghalaya, Nepal, Sikkim (Rafi et al., 2014).
Ambulyx siamensis Inoue, 1991, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab (Pathiana et al., 2014).
Ambulyx substrigilis (Westwood, 1848), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Karnataka (Kaleka t al., 2017) Assam (Arandhara et al.,2017), Jharkhand (Sambath, 2011), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Maharashtra. Southern India (Subhalakshmi et al., 2011).
Ambulyx tobii (Inoue, 1976), Sikkim (Khan and Raina, 2017).
Ambulyx aglaia Jordan, 1923, Karnataka (Melichar et al., 2018).
Ambulyx auripennis Moore, 1879, India (Pittaway and Kitching, 2013).
Ambulyx bhutana Brechlin, 2014. India: Aruanchal Pradesh (Sondhi et al. 2021).
Ambulyx belli (Jordan, 1923), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013).
Ambulyx canescens (Walker, 1864), India (Bell and Scott, 1937).
Ambulyx interplacida Brechlin, 2006, Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Ambulyx lahora Bultler, 1875, North West India (Rafi et al., 2014).
Ambulyx liturata Butler, 1875, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim (Kitching, 2020).
Ambulyx maculifera (Walker, 1866), Arunachal Pradesh.
Ambulyx matti (Jordan, 1923), Jharkhand (Singh and Ranjan, 2016), North West India, Nepal (Rafi et al., 2014), Sikkim (Kitching, I.J. 2020).
Ambulyx moorei (Moore,1858), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, (Kaleka et al., 2017), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017).
Ambulyx ochracea Butler, 1885, Meghalaya (Bortolin et al., 1998).
Ambulyx placida (Moore, 1888), Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir (Ganai et al., 2020), Nepal (Inoue, 1992).
Ambulyx pryeri (Distant, 1887), Tripura (Chakraborty et al., 2018).
Ambulyx sericeipennis (Butler, 1875), Assam, Meghalaya, Nepal, Sikkim (Rafi et al., 2014).
Ambulyx siamensis Inoue, 1991, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab (Pathiana et al., 2014).
Ambulyx substrigilis (Westwood, 1848), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Karnataka (Kaleka t al., 2017) Assam (Arandhara et al.,2017), Jharkhand (Sambath, 2011), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Maharashtra. Southern India (Subhalakshmi et al., 2011).
Ambulyx tobii (Inoue, 1976), Sikkim (Khan and Raina, 2017).
References:
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_ser.htm
- Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 252. Type locality: Northwest Himalayas [India, Uttarakhand,] Masuri [Mussoorie].
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/456
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Anonymous. 2022. Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875 – Common Gliding Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/356640/Ambulyx-sericeipennis
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