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Amblychia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Amblychia Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 214, TS: Amblychia angeronaria Guenée
Elphos Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 285, TS: Elphos hymenaria Guenée
= ; [MOB11, 204]; [AUCL]
Amblychia (Boarmiini) ; [MOB11, 204]; [AUCL]

Amblychia angeronaria Guenée, 1857
NE.India - Indochina, Taiwan, Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps] Amblychia angeronaria Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 215, Atlas (Uranides & Phalenides): pl. 4, f. 9
Amblychia angeronaria ; [MOB11: 205, f. 443, pl. 13]; [AUCL]

Amblychia torrida Moore²
Andamans Amblychia torrida ; [MOB11, 205 (note)]

Amblychia infoveata Prout, 1932
Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra. See [About maps] Amblychia infoveata Prout, 1932; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 17: 96
Amblychia infoveata ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 81; [MOB11: 205, f. 442, pl. 13]

Amblychia hymenaria (Guenée, 1857)
India - Sundaland, Sulawesi. See [About maps] Elphos hymenaria Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 285, Atlas (Uranides, Phalenides, Siculides): pl. 16, f. 4
Elphos brabanti Thierry-Mieg, 1893; Le Nat. 1893: 40
= ; [MOB11, 206]
Elphos albifascia Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 430, TL: Gunong Ijai; Assam; S.Celebes
= ; [MOB11, 206]
Elphos obliterata Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 430, TL: Assam; S.Celebes
= ; [MOB11, 206]
Elphos procellosa Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 431, TL: Assam?; Nilgiris?; Kandy?
= ; [MOB11, 206]
Amblychia hymenaria ; [MOB11: 206, f. 446, pl. 12]
A. h. pallida (Rothschild, 1915)
Ceram Elphos hymenaria pallida Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 218, TL: Manusela, Central Ceram, 650m

Amblychia nimia (Prout, 1925)
N.India. See [About maps] Elphos nimia Prout, 1925; Novit. Zool. 32 : 54, TL: N.India
hymenaria megaspilata (Hampson, 1895) (Elphos); Fauna Br. India (Moths) 3: 250

Amblychia pardicelata (Walker, [1863])
Hindostan Elphos pardicelata Walker, [1863]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 26: 1544, TL: Hindostan
Elphos megaspilata Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 430, TL: Khasia Hills

Amblychia cavimargo (Prout, 1925)
Borneo. See [About maps] Elphos cavimargo Prout, 1925; Novit. Zool. 32 : 54
Elphos cavimargo ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 81
Amblychia cavimargo ; [MOB11: 206, f. 444, 447, pl. 12]

Amblychia praeumbrata (Warren, 1893)
Sundaland. See [About maps] Elphos praeumbrata Warren, 1893; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 433
Elphos moesta Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 430, TL: Gunong Ijau
= ; [MOB11, 206]
Amblychia praeumbrata ; [MOB11: 206, f. 445, pl. 12]

Amblychia lutulenta (West)
Palawan, Philippines (Mindanao). See [About maps] Amblychia lutulenta ; [MOB11, 207 (note)]

Amblychia sommereri Holloway, 1993
Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps] Amblychia sommereri Holloway, 1993; [MOB11: 207, f. 448, pl. 11], TL: Sarawak, Gunung Mulu Nat. Park

Amblychia subrubida (Warren, 1896)
AU. See [About maps] Elphos subrubida Warren, 1896
Elphos hypocallistis Lower, 1898
= ; [AUCL]
Elphos aoupiniensis Holloway, 1979
= ; [AUCL]
Amblychia subrubida ; [AUCL]


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References:
[AUCL]
Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[MOB11]
Holloway, J. D., 1993; The Moths of Borneo, Part 11; Family Geometridae, Subfamily Ennominae
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Volume 9. Uranides et Phalénites Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 1-514, Atlas (Uranides & Phalenides): pl. 1-10, (Uranides) pl. 1 (1858), Atlas (Uranides, Phalenides, Siculides): pl. 12-22, (1858) pl.
Hampson, 1895
Fauna of Br. India including Ceylone and Burma Fauna Br. India (Moths) 3: 28 + 546pp
Prout, 1925
Geometrid Descriptions and Notes Novit. Zool. 32 : 31-69
Rothschild, 1915
On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227
Walker, [1863]
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 1-276 (1860), 21: 277-498 (1860), 22: 499-755 (1861), 23: 757-1020 (1861), 24: 1021-1280 (1862), 25: 1281-1477 (1862), 26: 1478-1796 ([1863])
Warren, 1893
On new Genera and Species of Moths of the family Geometridae from India, in the collection of H. J. Elwes Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 341-434, pl. 30-32
Warren, 1894
New genera and species of Geometridae Novit. zool. 1 (2): 366-466


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