Moth : Hawk Moth - Ambulyx Clavata from Rejang Land Sumatra

Hawk Moth - Ambulyx Clavata female from Rejang Land Sumatra

My friend give this picture to me,this moth belong Ambulyx genus,the scientific name is Ambulyx Clavata

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Bombycoidea
Family:	Shingidae
Subfamily:	Sphinginae
Genus:	Ambulyx
Species:	Ambulyx clavata

Hawk Moth - Ambulyx Clavata female from Rejang Land Sumatra

Image Location : Setianegara field,Curup Town,Rejang Lebong Regency References :

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae_species_list
• http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/smerinthinae/ambulyx/index.html

Photo by: Chu2 Yudiztira Thank to:

• Dr Ian J. Kitching Research Entomologist Department of Entomology The Natural History Museum.
• Tunjang ( rejang-lebong blogspot )

June 04, 2009