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Eacles Hübner, [1819]
Eacles Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 153, TS: Phalaena imperialis Drury
Ceracampa Kirby & Spence, 1828; Introd. Ent. (Edn 5) 2: 235, TS: Phalaena imperialis Drury
Ceracampa Kirby & Spence, 1828; Introd. Ent. (Edn 5) 3: 179, 251, 255
= ; [NACL, 108]
Basilona Boisduval, 1868; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (4) 8: 317, TS: Basilona cacicus Boisduval
= ; [NACL, 108]
Crenudia Burmeister, 1880; Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5, Atlas (2): 46, TS: Ceratocampa opaca Burmeister
= ; [NACL, 108]
Cerocampa ; Boisduval, 1836, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 42 (missp.)
Eacles (Citheroniinae) ; [NACL, 108]
Eacles (Ceratocampinae) ; [MABL]
Eacles imperialis (Drury, 1773)
ENA, Ecuador, Guatemala. See [About maps] Imperial Moth
Phalaena imperialis Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: index to 1, TL: New York
Phalaena imperialis Drury, [1770]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: 17, pl. 9, f. 1-2
imperatoria (Smith, 1797)
= ; [NACL, #7704]
Bombyx didyma Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
= ; [NACL, #7704]
Eacles punctatissima Neumoegen, 1891
= ; [NACL, #7704]
Eacles imperialis [BAMONA]
Eacles imperialis [GALEPS]
 Eacles imperialis ; [NACL, #7704]
[imperialis-f.jpg] 575x365 (~53Kb) female Bigfork, Montanta, USA, July 7, 1975, Photo © Dan Chaffee [imperialis-m.jpg] 480x280 (~40Kb) male Bigfork, Montanta, USA, July 7, 1975, Photo © Dan Chaffee

Larva on Pinus, Quercus, Acer, A. negundo, Liquidambar stryraciflua, Sassafras albidum [SMNA]


E. i. pini Michener, 1950
Eacles imperialis pini Michener, 1950; , TL: Cheboygan, Michigan
Eacles imperialis pini ; [NACL, #7704a]
E. i. nobilis Neumoegen, 1891
Eacles imperialis var. nobilis Neumoegen, 1891
Eacles imperialis nobilis ; [NACL, #7704b]
E. i. cacicus (Boisduval, 1868)
Ecuador Basilona cacicus Boisduval, 1868; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (4) 8: 319, TL: Brazil
E. i. decoris Rothschild, 1907
Mexico - Panama, Guatemala Eacles imperialis decoris ; [MABL]
E. i. opaca (Burmeister, 1878)
Ceratocampa imperlialis var. opaca Burmeister, 1878; Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5: 489, 491
E. i. oslari Rothscihld, 1907
Arizona, Mexico Eacles oslari Rothschild, 1907; , TL: Nogales, Arizona
Eacles oslari [BAMONA]
Eacles oslari [Bruce Walsh]
 Eacles oslari ; [NACL, #7705]
Eacles implerialis oslari ; [MABL]

Larva on Quercus oblongifolia, Q. emoryi, Sapindus spanoaria dummondii [SMNA]

E. i. quintanensis Lemaire, 1971
Mexico, ...? Eacles imperialis quintanensis ; [MABL]
Eacles magnifica Walker, 1855
Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay. See [About maps] Eacles magnifica Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 6: 1373, TL: Brazil, Para
Eacles magnifica ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 169, 3: pl. 15, f. 13
Eacles adoxa Jordan, 1910
Ecuador. See [About maps]
Eacles penelope (Cramer, 1775)
Ecuador. See [About maps]
Eacles masoni Schaus, 1896
-. See [About maps]
E. m. masoni
Mexico, ...? Eacles masoni masoni ; [MABL]
E. m. tyrannus Draudt, 1930
Ecuador
E. m. fulvaster Rothschild, 1907
Ecuador
Eacles callopteris Rothschild, 1907
Ecuador. See [About maps]
Eacles ormondei Schaus, 1889
-. See [About maps]
E. o. ormondei
Mexico, ...? Eacles ormondei ormondei ; [MABL]
E. o. yucatanensis Lemaire, 1988
Mexico, ...? Eacles ormondei yucatanensis ; [MABL]
E. o. peruviana Bouvier, 1927
Ecuador
E. o. violacea Lemaire, 1975
Ecuador
E. o. niepelti Draudt, 1930
Ecuador

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[Dan Chaffee]
6903 NW Cross Rd; Kansas City, Mo. 64152; USA; e-mail: Dan Chaffee
[GALEPS]
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MABL]
Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[SMNA]
Tuskes, Paul M., Tuttle, James P., Collins, Michael M.; The wild silk moths of North America

Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1836
Histoire Naturelle des insectes: Spécies général des lépidoptères Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 690pp, 24pls
Burmeister, 1878
Description physique de la République Argentine d'après des observations personelles et étrangeres. 5. Lépidoptères. Première partie. Contenant les diurnes, crépusculaires et bombycoïdes Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5: vi, 526pp
Burmeister, 1880
Description physique de la République Argentine d'après des observations personelles et étrangeres Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5, Atlas (1): 1-40, pl. 1-13 (1879) (2): 41-60, pl. 14-24 (1880) (3): 61-64, pl. [25] ([1881])
Drury, [1770]
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: 130pp, 50pls (1770), index to vol. 1 (1773)
Drury, 1773
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: 90pp, 50pls
Godman & Salvin, 1886
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490 3: pl. 1-101
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816) (2): 17-32 (1819) (3): 33-48 (1819) (4): 49-64 (1819) (5): 65-80 (1819) (6): 81-96 (1819) (7): 97-112 (1819) (8): 113-128 (1819) (9): 129-144 (1819) (10): 145-160 (1819) (11): 161-176 (1819) (12): 177-192 (1820) (13): 193-208 (1820) (14): 209-224 (1821) (15): 225-240 (1821) (16): 241-256 (1821) (17): 257-272 (1823) (18): 273-288 (1823) (19): 289-304 (1823) (20): 305-320 (1825) (21): 321-336 (1825) (22): 337-352 (1825) (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Walker, 1855
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854) 2: 279-581 (1854) 3: 582-775 (1855) 4: 776-976 (1855) 5: 977-1258 (1855) 6: 1259-1508 (1855) 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

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