The Leroy Simon Collection

Dirphia avia male, Napo Province, Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon, more pictures below.

TAXONOMY: Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 Family Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866 Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866 Genus: Dirphia, Hubner, 1819

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Dirphia avia male, Napo Province, Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.

Dirphia avia female, Napo Province, Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.

Dirphia avia sixth instar, Napo Province, Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.