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Name:
Common name:
Alcides orontes → Orontes day-flying moth
Synonym:
Alcides orontes → Alcides argyrios, (Gmelin, 1788)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Uraniidae → Alcides → orontes → Alcides orontes → Linnaeus, 1763
Protection status:
Location:
Size of the showcase:
Length: 20 cm
Width: 2,8 cm
Height: 15 cm
Size of the specimen:
Weight:
Its wing coloring is not caused by color pigments, but by the refraction of light on specially shaped scales. That is why preparations of this type do not discolor over a long period of time.
The installation of the zoological specimen in the front glazed frame was made in a German taxidermy studio.
