Ambulyx obliterata Rothschild

Ambulyx liturata obliterata Rothschild, 1920, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist, (9), 5: 479.

Oxyambulyx macromaculata Gehlen, 1940, Ent. Zeitschr., 54: 140.

Oxyambulyx obliterata Rothschild; Diehl, 1980: 17.

Diagnosis

The posterior subbasal dark spot of the forewing is massive, the anterior one absent; there are subtornal markings and a general darkening of the wing away from the base.

The hindwings are pale, only weakly fasciated.

Geographical range

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Habitat preference

This appears to be a rare species, probably occurring mostly in lowland rainforest.