FAMILY SPHINGIDAE
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Ambulyx joiceyi Clark.
Oxyambulyx joiceyi Clark, 1923, Proc. New. Engl. Zool. Club., 8: 70.


Ambulyx joiceyi
(.65 natural size)


Diagnosis.
The species is a purplish brown with paler green thoracic markings and interior edging to the forewing submarginal. The more anterior subbasal dark spot of the forewing is larger than the posterior one.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference. This is probably a rare species of lowland forest.

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