Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877

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Permalink:	EUDAARGI
Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Urotini (tribe)/  Eudaemonia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Kirby, 1877
Citation:	E.[udaemonia] Argiphontes (Maassen in litt.)
Original genus:	Eudaemonia
Publication:	Kirby W. F. 1877a. Notes on the African Saturniidae in the collection of the Royal Dublin Society.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	1877
Issue:	1
Pagination:	17, 21
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32000178

Eudaemonia argiphontes (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Syntype	♂	CRDS	Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, CRDS.	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Angola		Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). page 82
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Cameroon		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. page 330 (as batesi)
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Joicey J. J. & Talbot G. 1921b. New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barnes, in East Central Africa. V.– New Heterocera. page 164 (as barnsi)
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). page 82
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Gabon		Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). page 82
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Liberia		Rougeot P.-C. 1955. Les Attacides (Saturnidae) de l'Equateur Africain français. page 46 (as batesi)
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Sierra Leone		Kirby W. F. 1877a. Notes on the African Saturniidae in the collection of the Royal Dublin Society. page 17

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. Schultze (1914: 150).

Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Albizia sp.	Fabaceae	Cameroon	Rougeot P.-C. 1955. Les Attacides (Saturnidae) de l'Equateur Africain français. page 45
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Albizia sp.	Fabaceae	Gabon	Rougeot P.-C. 1966a. Note sur les Lépidoptères Sphingides du Musée de Dundo (Angola). page 81
Eudaemonia argiphontes Kirby, 1877	Albizia sp.	Fabaceae		Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 150

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Eudaemonia argiphontes (1)

Eudaemonia argiphontes (2)

Eudaemonia barnsi (1)

Eudaemonia barnsi (2)

Eudaemonia batesi (1)

Eudaemonia batesi (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Eudaemonia barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1921	Joicey & Talbot, 1921	species	Synonym	Eudaemonia barnsi
Eudaemonia batesi (Bethune-Baker, 1927)	(Bethune-Baker, 1927)	species	Synonym	Eustera batesi