Ambulyx dohertyi
Ambulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Ambulyx |
| Species: | A. dohertyi |
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| Ambulyx dohertyi Rothschild, 1894[1] | |
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Distribution
It is known from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.[2]
Description
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.
Female dorsal view
Female ventral view
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)
gollark: This is my phyto-gro machine. It will probably break in a few minutes when some ratios get out of balance, and it's drawing something like 200RF/t.
gollark: Well, if I can find some diamonds and make a quarry to obliterate a chunk or two, maybe some will turn up.
gollark: I can't find any setting related to it off.
gollark: I've gone to an extreme hills and done a lot of mining. No zinc. Sorely tempted to just spawn some.
gollark: For some stupid reason the cell back at the base seems to favour drawing from the reactor buffer above using the local power plant, which is irritating.
References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 May 2017). "Ambulyx dohertyi Rothschild, 1894". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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