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Protambulyx eurycles (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Smerinthinae → tribe Ambulycini → genus Protambulyx → species Protambulyx eurycles

Species name(s)

Protambulyx eurycles (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) = eurycles (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) = Protambulyx xanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 = fasciatus Gehlen, 1928 = rydbergi Gehlen, 1933 = australis Clark, 1937. [9]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Anacardiaceae: Spondias dulcis, Spondias mombin, Astronium graveolens, Erythroxylon, Comocladia
Simaroubaceae: Simarouba glauca, Simarouba amara [PC93].

Subspecies of Protambulyx eurycles

Protambulyx xanthus australis Clark, 1937. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov

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Other species Protambulyx

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Protambulyx euryalus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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Protambulyx goeldii (Roth.& Jord., 1903)

Protambulyx ockendeni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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