Ambulyx clavata Jordan
Oxyambulyx clavata Jordan, 1929, Novit, zool., 35: 61.
Oxyambulyx clavata Jordan; Diehl, 1980: 17.
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Ambulyx
clavata ![](../images/female.gif)
(.65
natural size)
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Diagnosis. See Ambulyx pryeri
Distant.
Geographical range. Sundaland.
Habitat preference. O. clavata is much rarer than the previous species and
more frequently encountered in the lowlands.
Biology. Dupont & Roepke (1941) note the larva to resemble that of
A.
substrigilis. The Javan host-plant recorded was Lagerstroemia
(Lythraceae).
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