Dysdaemonia boreas

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

Dysdaemonia boreas male, 20-25 km W of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia,
January 4, 2010, 1000m, courtesy of Jason Weigner.

Dysdaemonia boreas male, 20-25 km W of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia,
January 4, 2010, 1000m, courtesy of Jason Weigner.

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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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