Amblythyreus esakii Maa & Lin, 1956: 128. For A. gestroi sensu Esaki, 1930. ST(S): Taiwan, Sawanohiro, nr Arisan; Taiwan Museum (coll. Maa), Taipei, Taiwan.
Amblythyreus gestroi (non Handlirsch, 1897): Esaki, 1930: 35. Misidentification (see Maa & Lin, 1956: 128).