DISTRIBUTION:

Attacus suparmani (wingspan: males: approximately 187mm; females: approximately 206-225mm) flies on the Alor Islands in Indonesia.

Kiki Budiamin writes:
"I am the discover of Attacus suparmani from Alor Islands. Suparman is the name of my grandfather."

The forewing is quite falcate with a large orange patch extending almost to the postmedian bands. Fenestrae are small/variable in size (in the male) and without accessory fenestrae except for small ones in the females. The forewing postmedian line/band is defined by relatively thin black, white and rose lines in an s-shape on the left forewing. The forewing subterminal line is quite faint. The hindwing postmedian line is crenulate.

Attacus suparmani male, Alor, November 2006, 187mm, courtesy of Dave Rolfe.

There appears to be considerable variation in the size and shape of the hyaline areas.

Ric Peigler writes, November 10, 2004, "I consider suparmani to be an obvious synonym of intermedius, which was implied when I cited the number of known Attacus species as 14 in the Samia revision."

Visit Attacus intermedius, Tanimbar Islands. It may well be the same as A. suparmani.

Attacus suparmani female, Alor, courtesy of Andreas Riekert.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Dave Rolfe indicates flight(s) in January and November. There may or may not be flights at other times. Larval hosts are unknown.

Attacus suparmani female, Alor, January 2007, 206mm, courtesy of Dave Rolfe.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland and emit an airbourne pheromone into the night sky. Males fly into the wind and pick up the scent with their highly developed antennae.

Attacus suparmani female.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are relatively large. Larvae pass through five instars and the double-walled cocoon hangs from the tree via a strong silken peduncle.

Larval Food Plants

It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

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