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Callambulyx rubricosa Walker
Ambulyx rubricosa Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br.
Mus., 8: 122.
Callambulyx rubricosa Walker; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 308.
Callambulyx rubricosa amanda Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 309.
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Callambulyx rubricosa 
(.65
natural size)
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Diagnosis. The green forewings and pinkish red hindwings of this species
render it unmistakable. It flies with a congener, C. poecilus Rothschild,
in Sumatra. The latter has a paler basal half to the forewing and a paler,
more broadly pink hindwing.
Taxonomic notes. Bornean material is referable to ssp. amanda.
Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya; Sundaland.
Habitat preference. The species is infrequent in lowland forest.
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