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Atlas moth (Attacus atlas), Ordishia rutilus, Cosmosoma pheres, Antichloris eriphia, Pelochyta arontes, Zebronia phenice
| Subject: | Atlas moth (Attacus atlas), Ordishia rutilus, Cosmosoma pheres, Antichloris eriphia, Pelochyta arontes, Zebronia phenice
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Plate CCCLXXXII
Warning: some taxa/names may be misidentified/misapplied or placed in a different genus.
A: [ Phalaena] Atlas ( = Attacus atlas (Cramer, [1780]) ). = Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)
B: [Sphinx] Rutilus ( = Ordishia rutilus (Stoll, [1781]), iconotype? ). = Ordishia rutilus
C: [Sphinx] Pheres ( = Cosmosoma pheres (Cramer, [1782]) ). = Cosmosoma pheres
D: [Sphinx] Alecton ( = Antichloris eriphia (Fabricius, 1777) ). = Antichloris eriphia
E: [Sphinx] Arontes ( = Pelochyta arontes (Stoll, [1782]), iconotype? ). = Pelochyta arontes
F: [ Phalaena] Sedonia. Not identified.
G: [ Phalaena] Phenice ( = Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780) ). = Zebronia phenice
Date 1779
Source Volume 4 of "De uitlandsche kapellen: voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America = Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique"
Biodiversity Heritage Library, http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95058
Author Pieter Cramer (1721 - 1776) and Caspar Stoll (between 1725 and 1730 - 1791)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CramerAndStoll-uitlandsche_kapellen_vol._4-_pl_382.jpg
Attacus atlas (Atlas moth) is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and is common across the Malay archipelago. Atlas moths' wingspans are among the largest in the world, reaching over 25 cm. Females are appreciably larger and heavier than the males.
Ordishia rutilus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and Surinam.
Cosmosoma pheres is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Stoll in 1782. It is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).
Antichloris eriphia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Fabricius in 1777. It is found in Trinidad, Surinam, Guyana and Brazil (Para, Rio de Janeiro).
Pelochyta arontes is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stoll in 1782. It is found in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, Paraguay, Trinidad, Ecuador, Surinam and Bolivia.
Zebronia phenice is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Stoll in 1782. It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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