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Attacus Linnaeus, 1767

Attacus Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 808, TS: Phalaena atlas Linnaeus
Arcuata Perry, 1811; Arcana: [Cc7] [199]
Attacus ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 189; [MOB3, 110]
Attacus (Attacini) ;

Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Oriental Region (tropics), Sundaland. See [About maps] Phalaena atlas Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 495
Phalaena vitrea Perry, 1811; Arcana: [Cc7] [199], pl. [51] (repl. name)
Attacus atlas ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 85; Allen, 1981, Brunei Mus. J. 5 (1): 110; Barlow, 1982, Intr. Moths of South East Asia: 48; Lampe, 1985, Malayan Saturniidae ...: 6; [MOB3, 111]

640x474 (~41Kb) larva (commercially cultivated, India) ex.o., Photo 22.6.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen	800x595 (~42Kb) larva (commercially cultivated, India) ex.o., Photo 26.6.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen	800x1039 (~81Kb) larva (commercially cultivated, India) ex.o., Photo 10.7.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen
1000x806 (~89Kb) larva (commercially cultivated, India) ex.o., Photo 29.7.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen	1200x836 (~164Kb) upperside male (commercially cultivated, India) ex.o., Photo 27.9.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen	396x600 (~38Kb) Butterfly House (Vienna, Austria, April 2001), Photo © Erich Mangl
900x720 (~156Kb) upperside female Thailand, Photo © D. Smirnov	900x720 (~127Kb) underside female Thailand, Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Anacardium, Spondias, Annona, Artabotrys, Schefflera, Sarcostemma, Berberis, Canarium, Bischofia, Carpinus, Dillenia, Aleurites, Glochidium, Phyllanthus, Sapium, Teucrium, Cinnamomum, Erythrina, Lagerstroemia, Michelia, Sandoricum, Swietenia, Ardisia, Embelia, Psidium, Nauclea, Malus, Mussaenda, Vangueria, Citrus, Salix, Schleichera, Clerodendrum [MOB3]

Attacus wardi Rothschild, 1910

AU. See [About maps] Attacus wardi, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Misidentified/misapplied:

dohertyi; (auct.)

Attacus dohertyi Rothschild, 1895

Timor, Flores. See [About maps] Attacus dohertyi Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 36, TL: Timor; Flores
Attacus dohertyi soembanus van Eecke, 1933; Zool. Meded. 16 (6): 63, TL: Soemba

Attacus aurantiacus Rothschild, 1895

New Guinea. See [About maps] Attacus aurantiacus Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 36, TL: NW. New Guinea

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References:

[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.

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[Erich Mangl]

http://www.mangl.at

[MOB3]

Holloway, 1987; The Moths of Borneo, Part 3; Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae; (1998 reprint)

[NCB]

Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis; NCB naturalis

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

Some related literature:

Allen, 1981

The saturniid moths of Borneo with special reference to Brunei Brunei Mus. J. 5 (1): 100-126

Barlow, 1982

An Introduction to the Moths of South East Asia Intr. Moths of South East Asia: 305pp, ix, 50pls

van Eecke, 1933

Some new Malayan Lepidoptera Zool. Meded. 16 (6): 61-64

Felder, 1861

Lepidopterorum Amboinensium a Dre. L. Doleschall annis 1856-58 collectorum species novae S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 43 (1) : 26-44

C. & R. Felder, 1861

Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (1) Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (10) : 297-306

Godman & Salvin, 1886

Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101

Lampe, 1985

Malayan Saturniidae from the Cameron and Genting Highlands. A guide for collectors Malayan Saturniidae ...: -

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Linnaeus, 1767

Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, .... Editio Duocecima Reformata. Tom. 1. Part II. Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): -,533-1327

Rothschild, 1895

Notes on Saturnidae; with a preliminary revision of the family down to the genus Automeris, and descriptions of some species Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 35-51, pl. 10

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