Callambulyx poecilus is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found along the southern slopes of the Himalaya, from northern Pakistan, through Nepal and north-eastern India to southern China (Yunnan and Hainan Island), and south into northern Thailand and Vietnam. It is also known from northern Sumatra.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Callambulyx |
Species: | C. poecilus
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Binomial name | |
Callambulyx poecilus (Rothschild, 1898)[1]
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The wingspan is about 77 mm.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Callambulyx poecilus (Rothschild, 1898)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2011.