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Callambulyx rubricosa Walker

Ambulyx rubricosa Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus., 8: 122.

Callambulyx rubricosa Walker; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 308.

Callambulyx rubricosa amanda Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 309.

Diagnosis

The green forewings and pinkish red hindwings of this species render it unmistakable.

It flies with a congener, C. poecilus Rothschild, in Sumatra.

The latter has a paler basal half to the forewing and a paler, more broadly pink hindwing.

Taxonomic Notes

Bornean material is referable to ssp. amanda.

Geographical range

N.E. Himalaya; Sundaland.

Habitat preference

The species is infrequent in lowland forest.


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