Dysdaemonia boreas

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

Dysdaemonia boreas female, Union del Toachi-Otongachi, Alluriquin, Pichincha, Ecuador,
S 00° 19.247' W 78° 57.103', 838m, April 2007, courtesy of Giampaolo via Lorenzo Comoglio.

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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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