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African Moon Moths
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African Moon Moths

Argema

Argema is a genus of moths from the Saturniidae family, commonly known as moon moths. They are distinguished by long tails on their hindwings.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

African Moon Moth

speciesArgema mimosae

Madagascan Moon Moth

speciesArgema mittrei

Argema besanti

speciesArgema besanti

Argema kuhnei

speciesArgema kuhnei

Argema fournieri

speciesArgema fournieri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123267.