Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Bunaeini (tribe)/  Imbrasia (genus)/  Imbrasia epimethea (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Drury, 1773)
Citation:	Phal.[aena] Att.[acus] Epimethea
Original genus:	Attacus
Publication:	Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.)
Journal:	—
Volume:	2
Issue:
Pagination:	22–23, index; pl. 13, fig. 1
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40637754http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40637754

Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Holotype	unknown	NHMUK	Holotype, in bad condition (see P.-C. Rougeot 1955: 72), NHMUK.	Gabon	[Gabon], African Coast, near Calabar, ca 6°N.	Rougeot P.-C. 1955. Les Attacides (Saturnidae) de l'Equateur Africain français. page 22–23, index; pl. 13, fig. 1

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Bas Congo	Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 155
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 480
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 317
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Gabon		Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.) page 23
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ghana		Walker F. 1855c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 1234

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Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (1)

Imbrasia epimethea dorcas (1)

Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (2)

Imbrasia epimethea dorcas (2)

Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (3)

Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (4)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Imbrasia epimedea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)	(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)	species	Misapplied	Eacles epimedea
Imbrasia epimethea crameri Kirby, 1892	Kirby, 1892	subspecies	Synonym	Imbrasia epimethea crameri
Imbrasia epimethea diomede Karsch, 1893	Karsch, 1893	subspecies	Synonym	Imbrasia epimethea diomede
Imbrasia epimethea dorcas (Walker, 1855)	(Walker, 1855)	subspecies	Synonym	Bunaea epimethea dorcas
Imbrasia epimethea nadari Bouvier, 1928	Bouvier, 1928	subspecies	Synonym	Imbrasia epimethea nadari
Imbrasia epimethea nictitans (Fabricius, 1775)	(Fabricius, 1775)	subspecies	Synonym	Bombyx epimethea nictitans
Imbrasia pallescens Strand, 1915	Strand, 1915	species	Misapplied	Imbrasia pallescens