Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (Drury, 1782)

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Bunaeini (tribe)/  Lobobunaea (genus)/  Lobobunaea phaedusa (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Drury, 1782)
Citation:	Phal.[aena] Att.[acus] Phaedusa
Original genus:	Attacus
Publication:	Drury D. 1782. 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:	3
Issue:
Pagination:	32–33, index; pl. 24, 25
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40638350http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40638350

Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (Drury, 1782)		unknown		Not stated.	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (Drury, 1782)	Angola		Mabille P. 1878. Une saturnide nouvelle, lépidoptère provenant du Congo [Antheraea laestrygon]. page clxxxi (as laestrygon)
Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (Drury, 1782)	Cameroon		Kirby W. F. 1877a. Notes on the African Saturniidae in the collection of the Royal Dublin Society. page 19 (as thomsonii)
Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (Drury, 1782)	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1912k. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. Lepidoptera I. (Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Striphnopterygidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Syntomididae [sic], Hypsidae und Agaristidae). page 142 (as laurae)
Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (Drury, 1782)	Sierra Leone		Drury D. 1782. 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 33

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Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (1)

Lobobunaea phaedusa laestrygon (1)

Lobobunaea phaedusa phaedusa (2)

Lobobunaea phaedusa laestrygon (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Lobobunaea phaedusa elegans Bouvier, 1928	Bouvier, 1928	subspecies	Synonym	Lobobunaea phaedusa elegans
Lobobunaea phaedusa laestrygon (Mabille, 1878)	(Mabille, 1878)	subspecies	Synonym	Antheraea phaedusa laestrygon
Lobobunaea phaedusa laurae Strand, 1912	Strand, 1912	subspecies	Synonym	Lobobunaea phaedusa laurae
Lobobunaea phaedusa thomsonii (Kirby, 1877)	(Kirby, 1877)	subspecies	Synonym	Bunaea phaedusa thomsonii