Anambulyx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Anambulyx elwesi, or Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1882.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Anambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
| Species: | A. elwesi
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| Anambulyx elwesi | |
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Distribution
editIs known from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]
Biology
editAdults have been recorded from May to July in Thailand.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Anambulyx.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) -- Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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