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Ramana Athreya @ IISER-Pune
Research : Moths : Sphingidae

Sphingidae of Arunachal Pradesh, North-east India (Species Notes)

Sphingidae : Smerinthinae

Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler, 1875

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Ambulyx_sericeipennis Ambulyx_sericeipennis
MothSph_Ambulyx_sericeipennis_0_SE021004.jpg http://tpittaway.tripod.com (Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic)

Identification:
Abdominal line faint or absent, but wedge-shaped spot on 8th tergite always present. post-basal band double but filled in and not sharply defined. Post discal band has a very characteristic shape (in every single image on the web) - the anterior two-thirds consisting of joined lunule.

Reference:
Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic

Photo Credits:
Eaglenest Biodiversity Project


28 February 2013, Ramana Athreya