Eurides has provided me with many electronic images, has frequently
assisted with identifications and corrections, and has provided much information.This page is inspired by and dedicated to Eurides Furtado of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Many thanks also go to the other individuals who have contributed images and information and have helped with identifications and corrections to flesh out the active links listed below.
These provisional checklists of the different Saturniidae subfamilies have been largely created by going through the information provided in the four great Saturniidae works by the late Dr. Claude Lemaire (*) of France: Attacidae (1978), Arsenurinae (1980), Ceratocampinae (1988) and Hemileucinae (2002).
I have made many of my own interpolations from those works. Those interpolations are followed by "?" to indicate I have no confirmed reports, but I anticipate the species has a range including the state of Mato Grosso.
Many new species have been described since the publications of Dr. Lemaire works and much effort has been made and continues to be made with revisions to the lists.
I recently saw the following larva from Bairro Quilombo, Cuaiba, Mato Grosso. It appears to be in the umbrosa group which includes umbrosa, umbosa lampei, naranja and nubila, none of which have published ranges which include Mato Grosso.
Automeris unknown fifth instar, Bairro Quilombo, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
March 30, 2016, Timoteo Alves Freitas.
Rothschildia erycina erycina male, Nova Bandeirantes, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
June 17, 2016, 200m, courtesy of José Varkulja via Wilson Alegretti.
Use your browser "Back" button to return to the previous page.
Visit Sphingidae of Brazil: Hawkmoths and their Larvae.