Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) - Elwes' Pink-and-green Hawkmoth

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  1. Bell, T.R.D & F. B. Scott. 1937. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 5. Sphingidae 537p - 1 folding map - 15 pl, pg 232, # 66
  2. Inoue, H., R.D. Kennett & I.J. Kitching. 1997. Moths of Thailand, Volume 2: Sphingidae, pl 21/70.
  3. Anambulux elwesi kitchingi Smetacek, 2004. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 101: (156-162) ; TL: Kumaon, Uttarakhand. Proposed as a subspecies of Anambulyx elwesi. Synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies by Rafi et al., 2014, Zootaxa 3794: 394 representing is pale form. 
  4. Kitching, I. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/508 [accessed 31 August 2015]
  5. Pittaway, A.R. & I.J. Kitching. Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.). http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_elw.htm [accessed 31 August 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Anambulyx elwesi (Druce, 1882) – Elwes' Pink-and-green Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.60. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/anambulyx-elwesi, accessed 2023/09/26.