Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Smerinthinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Ambulycini

Genus

Amplypterus Hübner, [1819] 1816

Type Species

Sphinx panopus Cramer, [1779] 1777

= Calymnia Walker, 1856: 77 (key), 123 (TS: Sphinx panopus Cramer, [1779] 1777, by monotypy). Calymnia is a junior homonym of Calymnia Hübner, [1821] 1816: 235 (Noctuidae). The objective replacement name is Amplypterus.
= Amblypterus; Smith (1888) (an incorrect subsequent spelling of Amplypterus)
= Compsogene Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 173 (key), 188 (TS: Sphinx panopus Cramer ([1779] 1777), by original designation). Compsogene is a junior objective synonym of Amplypterus.

Species/Subspecies

Amplypterus panopus karnatakaensis Melichar & Řezáč, 2014

Type Locality

Muppai point, Dandeli N.P., Karnataka [India]

Remarks

Nominotypic subspecies occurs in northern India to throughout South East Asia, Sundaland, southern China. Whereas, A. p. karnatakaensis is a southern Indian subspecies (Haxaire et al. 2024). Other records need further investigation.

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, South India, Western Ghats

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Distribution

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