Ambulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894.
Distribution
It is known from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
Description
It is similar to Ambulyx moorei and Ambulyx semifervens but the greenish olive stripe across tegula is sharply defined and broader, continued onto the metanotum as a broad stripe.
Subspecies
- Ambulyx dohertyi dohertyi
- Ambulyx dohertyi novobritannica <small>Brechlin & Kitching, 2010</small> (Papua New Guinea)
- Ambulyx dohertyi novoirlandensis <small>Brechlin & Kitching, 2010</small> (Papua New Guinea)
- Ambulyx dohertyi queenslandi <small>Clark, 1928</small> (Papua New Guinea, Queensland)
- Ambulyx dohertyi salomonis <small>(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)</small> (Solomon Islands)
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