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Attacus taprobanis

Synonyms: Attacus mysorensis; Attacus similis

Wikipedia Abstract

Attacus taprobanis is a moth of Saturniidae family. It is native to Southern India and Sri Lanka, only species in the genus Attacus on the Asian mainland. This species is very similar in morphology to much wider distributed Attacus atlas. Therefore once the species was considered as a subspecies of A. atlas.
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Prey / Diet

Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)[1]
Berberis vulgaris (epine-vinette commune)[1]
Cinnamomum camphora (camphor tree)[1]
Cinnamomum loureiroi (cinnamon)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0