Dysdaemonia boreas

Dysdaemonia boreas
diz-day-MOH-nee-uhMBOR-ee-as
(Cramer, 1775) Phalaena Attacus

Dysdaemonia boreas male, 140mm, Punta Gorda, Toledo, Belize, courtesy of Norm Smith.

Dysdaemonia boreas female, 127mm, Punta Gorda, Toledo, Belize, courtesy of Norm Smith.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Arsenurinae, Jordan, 1922
Tribe: Arsenurini, Jordan, 1922
Genus: Dysdaemonia, Hubner, [1819]

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