great argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)

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great argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)

Français : Dessin d'une plume d' Argus (fr:Argusianus argus)
English: Drawing of a Argusianus argus 's feather
Date 1907
Source Claude Augé (dir.) ; Adolphe Millot (ill.), Le Larousse pour tous : Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique, vol.2, Librairie Larousse, Paris, [1907-1910], p.465.
Author Adolphe Millot (1857–1921)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plume_d%27Argus_(Millot-1907).png

The great argus pheasant (Argusianus argus) is a species of pheasant. The scientific name of the Great Argus was given in reference to the many eyes-like pattern on its wings. Argus is a hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology. The great argus is native to the jungles of Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia.

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