Athletes gigas (Sonthonnax, 1904)
| FAMILY | Saturniidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
| GENUS | Athletes |
| SPECIES | gigas |
| AUTHOR | (Sonthonnax, 1904) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gynanisa gigas, nov. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Tanzania], Tanganyika. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes ♂, ♀. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Sonthonnax L. 1904. Essai de classification des Lépidoptères producteurs de soie. Saturniens (suite). - — 4:1-86, pls 1-28. |
| PAGINATION |
67-68; pl. 28, fig. 1
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Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| steindachneri | Rebel, 1904 | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Angola | Rougeot P.-C. 1962b. Lépidoptères Attacides du Musée de Dundo (Angola). - Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 58:143-154. | 153 | |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Katanga | Dufrane A. 1953b. Saturniidae d'Afrique. - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 22(9):234-238; (10): 247-252. | 251 |
| Malawi | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. | 78 | |
| Rwanda | P. Basquin | ||
| Tanzania | Sonthonnax L. 1904. Essai de classification des Lépidoptères producteurs de soie. Saturniens (suite). - — 4:1-86, pls 1-28. | 68 | |
| Zambia | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. | 78 | |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. | 78 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Julbernardia paniculata | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. | 78 |
| Fabaceae | Julbernardia globiflora | Congo, DR | L. Sunnay | |
| Fabaceae | Acacia xanthophloea | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 98 |
