Ambulyx dohertyi
Species of moth
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Ambulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Ambulyx |
| Species: | A. dohertyi |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.
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)
