| Eudaemonia argus | |
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| in Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Eudaemonia |
| Species: | E. argus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eudaemonia argus (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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Eudaemonia argus is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Africa, in such areas as Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. [1] [2]
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