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Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/ Saturniinae (subfamily)/ Bunaeini (tribe)/ Bunaeopsis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Kirby, 1881)
Citation:	Antheraea macrophthalmus
Original genus:	Antheraea
Publication:	Kirby W. F. 1881. Description of a new species of Saturniidae from the Gold Coast.
Journal:	Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
Volume:	18
Issue:	12
Pagination:	146–147
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9277768

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Ghana	[Ghana], Gold Coast, ex coll. G. A. Higlett.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	East Kasai	Rougeot P.-C. 1954. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XXVI. Lépidoptères Saturniides. page 340
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 144
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Dufrane A. 1953b. Saturniidae d'Afrique. page 248
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)	Gabon		Rougeot P.-C. 1949b. Description des stades post-embryonnaires de quelques Saturnioïdes gabonais. page 210
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)	Ghana		Kirby W. F. 1881. Description of a new species of Saturniidae from the Gold Coast. page 146
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)	Guinea		Rougeot P.-C. 1954. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XXVI. Lépidoptères Saturniides. page 340
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus (Kirby, 1881)	Uganda		Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [5]

Plant note:

See P.-C. Rougeot (1949b: 210).

Rougeot P.-C. 1949b. Description des stades post-embryonnaires de quelques Saturnioïdes gabonais.

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