Attacus dohertyi | |
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Male from Timor | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Saturniidae |
Genus: | Attacus |
Species: | A. dohertyi |
Binomial name | |
Attacus dohertyi W. Rothschild, 1895 | |
Synonyms | |
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Attacus dohertyi is a moth in the family Saturniidae first described by Rothschild in 1895. [1] It is found on Timor, Flores, Roma and Damar.
Attacus atlas, the Atlas moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
William Doherty was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and later also collected birds for the Natural History Museum at Tring. He died of dysentery while in Nairobi.
Troides plateni, the Dr. Platen's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to Palawan, Balabac, Dumaran, and the Calamian Islands in the Philippines. It is named for Dr. Carl Constantin Platen.
Troides dohertyi, the Talaud black birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Talaud and Sangihe islands.
Troides rhadamantus, the golden birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1835. There are many subspecies on islands of the Philippines and some authors consider Troides plateni and Troides dohertyi as subspecies of T. rhadamantus.
The red-naped fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Sumba.
The crested white-eye or crested ibon is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands.
The Sula pitta is a species of the pitta. It was considered a subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs in the Sula and Banggai Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Macroglossum dohertyi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
Attacus is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.
Attacus wardi is a moth from the family Saturniidae endemic to Northern Territory, Australia, historically classified as a subspecies of Attacus dohertyi.
Daphnis dohertyi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Indonesia, New Guinea, the Philippines the Solomon Islands and Torres Strait.
Ambulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894.
Alucita dohertyi is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is known from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Hakea dohertyi, commonly known as the Kowmung hakea, is a shrub endemic to a restricted locale in the Great Dividing Range in central New South Wales in Australia.
Bornholm Butterfly Park is located on the western outskirts of Nexø on the Danish island of Bornholm. Over a thousand brightly coloured butterflies from around the world can be seen in a large former hothouse while wild Danish species abound in the flowery garden.
Eupithecia dohertyi is a moth in the family Geometridae described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1935. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Attacus caesar is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in the southern Philippines. It has the second largest documented wingspan of any moth in the world, at 255 mm (10.0 in).
Attacus lorquinii is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in the Philippines.
Attacus taprobanis is a moth of family Saturniidae. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka. This species is very similar in morphology to the much more widely distributed Attacus atlas. It was once considered a subspecies of A. atlas.