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Well well, this is the largest butterfly of the world:www.biologie.uni-erlangen.de/m…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacus_…
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kdiff3 In reply to J-Y-M [2013-12-02 19:02:18 +0000 UTC]
OK, thnx ... looks very similar ...
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J-Y-M In reply to kdiff3 [2013-12-02 20:54:02 +0000 UTC]
Yes, the 2 species are related but Attacus atlas is much larger than Samia cynthia.
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kdiff3 In reply to J-Y-M [2013-12-02 21:01:13 +0000 UTC]
Mhhh interesting, Wikipedia says that the Attacus atlas has a span of up to ~25cm, whereas the Samia cynthia has only a span of up to ~12cm. But this guy here was at least ~20cm (I would say) ...
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