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Attacus

Attacus
AttacusAtlasWyn.jpg
Attacus taprobanis from the Western Ghats of India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Attacus
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
  • Arcuata Perry, 1811

Attacus is a genus of moths in the Saturniidae family.

The genus contains the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas), the second largest moth in the world.


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