Ambulyx clavata female form

Oxyambylyx clavata Jordan, 1929
Oxyambylyx clavata Jordan; Diehl, 1980

Location : Curup, Rejang Land, Sumatra

This moth is a female Ambulyx clavata.

Diagnose :
The general lack of lines across the wings and the spot on the leading edge of the wing near the
base are diagnostic. The female on our website is a little too yellow.
Most female Ambulyx have a deeper, more purplish colour than the males that sometimes does not last as the specimen gets older.

Credit diagnose and thank to :
Dr Ian J. Kitching
Research Entomologist
Department of Entomology
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road,
London SW7 5BD, U.K.

Reference :

• http://www.sphin-sea.unibas.ch/
• http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/69_Sphingidae/1_Smerinthinae/29_Ambulyx/Ambulyx%20clavata/Ambulyx%20clavata_070417227.jpg