Callambulyx poecilus

Callambulyx poecilus
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Callambulyx
Species:	C. poecilus
Binomial name
	Callambulyx poecilus; (Rothschild, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
	Ambulyx poecilus Rothschild, 1898;

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]

The wingspan is about 77 mm. The forewing underside is red in the basal half.

References

"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.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] 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.