FAMILY SATURNIIDAE
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Antheraea diehli Lemaire
Antheraea diehli Lemaire, 1979, Lambillionea, 78: 89.
Antheraea diehli Lemaire; Allen, 1981: 115; Holloway, 1982: 194; Lampe, 1985: 11.


Antheraea diehli
(.65 natural size)

Antheraea diehli
(.65 natural size)


Diagnosis.
See Antheraea helferi Moore and Holloway (1982).

Taxonomic notes. The assignation of females to this species must be treated as tentative; the characters given can only be tested through study of reared series of both sexes.

Geographical range. Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia.

Habitat preference. So far the species has only been taken in Brunei. All specimens are from lowland rainforest.

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