Protambulyx eurycles

Protambulyx eurycles is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.

Protambulyx eurycles
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Protambulyx
Species:	P. eurycles
Binomial name
Protambulyx eurycles (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
Ambulyx eurycles Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Protambulyx fasciatus Gehlen, 1928 Protambulyx rydbergi Gehlen, 1933 Protambulyx xanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Protambulyx xanthus australis Clark, 1937

Distribution

It is known from Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico.^[2]

Description

It is similar to Protambulyx euryalus but the forewing marginal band is much broader and the proximal edge is crenulated. Females are less heavily marked than males.

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  Female dorsal
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  Female ventral