Saturniidae (Papered Specimens) from Cameroon

I have done tentivie ids by seeing only the ventral surfaces as displayed below. I will do more complete ids if you purchase and spread the specimens and send the digital images of the spread moths to me with wingspans.

My agreement with the source is that I would pay $2.50 (after receipt of shipment) for each Saturniidae item that I received in A- or better condition. I would also pay the postage of $15.00, and I would pay the charge to make a Western Union payment. I have received specimens and have scanned and posted them here and have done tentative ids. I am offering them first to WLSS members at $0.50/item over my espenses above plus postage in entire package purchase.

If there is sufficient interest, I will bring in more specimens, but I will not be offering them at such low prices. If you do not want entire package, just individual specimens or smaller numbers of specimens, there will be slight increase in prices per item.

There are four pages of specimens, each page from a different area of Cameroon. Subsequent pages are linked from this page and the following pages.

Many thanks to Thierry Bouyer (TB) for assistance regarding determinations.

Goto Page 2 specimens: Mt. Cameroon, Cameroon, southwest region.

Goto Page 3 specimens: Yaounde, Cameroon, central region.

You are here: Page 4 specimens: Mt. Cameroon, Cameroon, southwest region.

Summary: The five non-Saturniidae have been promised as a gift to Thierry Bouyer for his help with identifications and all the help he has given me in the past with regard to Saturniidae images and distributions and identifications.

thirty-two Saturniidae specimens are available, representing twenty-two different species:
Athletes albicans male, Yaounde
Aurivillius triramis male, Yaounde; Aurivillius triramis male, Mt. Cameroon
Bunaea alcinoe male, Mt. Cameroon
Epiphora albida two males, Mt. Cameroon
Epiphora feae male, Mt. Cameroon
Goodia species male, final determination after spreading, Yaounde
Holocerina angulata male and female, Yaounde
Imbrasia epimethea male, Mt. Cameroon
Imbrasia obscura male, Yaounde; Imbrasia obscura male, Mt Cameroon; Imbrasia obscura female, Mt Cameroon
Imbrasia truncata male, Mt Cameroon
Lobobunaea phaedusa male, Yaounde
Micragone agathylla (agathylla group) male, Yaounde
Nudaurelia alopia male, Yaounde
Nudaurelia amathusia male, Mt. Cameroon
Nudaurelia dione two males, Mt. Cameroon
Nudaurelia jamesoni female, Mt. Cameroon
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum male, Yaounde
Orthogonioptilum vestigiatum male, Yaounde
Pselaphelia species male, (gemmifera group TB), final determination after spreading, Mt. Cameroon,
Pseudantheraea discrepans two males, Yaounde; Pseudantheraea discrepans, two females, Mt. Cameroon,
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei two males, Yaounde
Pseudobunaea species female, final determination after spreading, Yaounde

Price for entire package of thirty-two Saturniidae specimens to WLSS members is $130.00 US plus shipping and handling (probably $10.00 to $20.00 depending upon location).

If you are interested in smaller purchases of just a few species, let me Bill Oehlke know species of interest and I will see if I can bring them in.

Prices will be about 25-40% higher for smaller or subsequent shipments. I am only covering my expenses on this initial, one time offer. I wanted to test credibility of shipper/collector, assess quality of his stocks and packaging methods. So far everything has been good.

All packages of dead Saturniidae that I ship will first be inspected by myself to insure quality control.

Shipper indicates that he "also collects many other insects such as beetles, butterflies, odonata and many other insects on request."