Attacus

Attacus Linnaeus, 1767

Attacus Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 808; TS: Phalaena atlas Linnaeus
Arcuata Perry, 1811; Arcana: [Cc7] [199]

Attacus; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 189; [MOB3], 110
Attacus (Attacini);

Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Oriental Region (tropics), Sundaland. See [maps]

Phalaena atlas Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 495
Phalaena vitrea Perry, 1811; Arcana: [Cc7] [199], pl. [51] (repl. name)
Attacus atlas gladiator Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 18 (22): 169; TL: Singapore; Siam
Attacus atlas sumatranus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 18 (22): 169; TL: W.Sumatra
Attacus atlas mannus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 18 (22): 169; TL: N.Borneo
Attacus atlas triumphator Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 18 (22): 169; TL: E.Java
Attacus atlas erebus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 18 (22): 169; TL: N.Celebes
Saturnia silhetica Helfer, 1837; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 6: 41; TL: Khasia Hills
?Attacus talas Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 156
Attacus taprobanis Moore, [1883]; Lepid. Ceylon 2 (2): 124, pl. 127
Attacus atlas mannus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 286; TL: N.Borneo, Kina-Balu
Attacus atlas roseus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 287; TL: W.Java
Attacus atlas erebus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 289; TL: N.Celebes, Menado

Attacus atlas, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

Attacus atlas gladiator; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 285
Attacus atlas sumatranus; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 286
Attacus atlas triumphator; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 286
Attacus atlas atlas; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 284
Attacus atlas silhetica; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 284
Attacus atlas talus[sic, recte talas?]; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 284
Attacus atlas taprobanis; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 285
Attacus atlas; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 85; Allen, 1981, Brunei Mus. J. 5 (1): 110; Barlow, 1982, Intr. Moths of South East Asia: 48; Lampe, 1985, Malayan Saturniidae ...: 6; [MOB3], 111

Attacus wardi Rothschild, 1910

AU. See [maps]

Attacus wardi, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Misidentified/misapplied:

dohertyi; (auct.)

Attacus dohertyi Rothschild, 1895

Timor, Flores. See [maps]

Attacus dohertyi Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 36; TL: Timor; Flores
Attacus dohertyi soembanus van Eecke, 1933; Zool. Meded. 16 (6): 63; TL: Soemba

Attacus aurantiacus Rothschild, 1895

New Guinea. See [maps]

Attacus aurantiacus Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 36; TL: NW. New Guinea

Attacus crameri Felder, 1861

Attacus crameri Felder, 1861; S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 43 (1): 31; TL: Amboina
Attacus lorquinii C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (10): 306; TL: Luzon

References:

[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[Erich Mangl]
http://www.mangl.at
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[MOB] Holloway & Barlow
Online version of; Moths of Borneo
[NBC] Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis
NBC naturalis
[Pertti Pakkanen]
e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Allen, 1981
The saturniid moths of Borneo with special reference to Brunei Brunei Mus. J. 5 (1): 100-126
Barlow, 1982
An Introduction to the Moths of South East Asia Intr. Moths of South East Asia: 305pp, ix, 50pls
van Eecke, 1933
Some new Malayan Lepidoptera Zool. Meded. 16 (6): 61-64
Felder, 1861
Lepidopterorum Amboinensium a Dre. L. Doleschall annis 1856-58 collectorum species novae S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 43 (1) : 26-44
C. & R. Felder, 1861
Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (1) Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (10) : 297-306
Fruhstorfer, 1904
Neue Attacus atlas Formen Soc. Ent. 18 (22) : 169-170 (15 February)
Fruhstorfer, 1904
Mitteilungen über Attacus atlas L. und Verwandte Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6) : 283-290 (June)
Godman & Salvin, 1886
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Helfer, 1837
On the indigenous Silkworms of India J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 6 : 38-47
[MOB3]; Holloway, 1987
Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae [1998 reprint] Moths of Borneo 3
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Lampe, 1985
Malayan Saturniidae from the Cameron and Genting Highlands. A guide for collectors Malayan Saturniidae ...: -
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Linnaeus, 1767
Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, .... Editio Duocecima Reformata. Tom. 1. Part II. Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2) : 533-1327, : Errata
Moore, [1883]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 1-72, pl. 72-107 (1882), (2): 73-162, pl. 108-143 ([1883])
Rothschild, 1895
Notes on Saturnidae; with a preliminary revision of the family down to the genus Automeris, and descriptions of some species Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 35-51, pl. 10

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