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Summary

Fully Grown Atlas moth(Attacus atlas, female) from London Zoo. Location: NW1 4RY The Atlas moth (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacus_atlas" class="extiw" title="w:Attacus atlas">Attacus atlas</a>) is a large <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/saturniidae" class="extiw" title="w:saturniidae">saturniid</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moth" class="extiw" title="w:moth">moth</a> found in the tropical and subtropical forests of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" class="extiw" title="w:Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>, and common across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_archipelago" class="extiw" title="w:Malay archipelago">Malay archipelago</a>. Atlas moths are considered the largest moths in the world in terms of total wing surface area. Their wingspans are also amongst the largest, reaching over 25 cm (10 in). Females are appreciably larger and heavier.

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current17:17, 7 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 17:17, 7 January 20173,200 × 1,934 (3.01 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Fully Grown Atlas moth(<i>Attacus atlas</i>, female) from London Zoo. Location: NW1 4RY The <b>Atlas moth</b> (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacus_atlas" class="extiw" title="w:Attacus atlas">Attacus atlas</a></i>) is a large <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/saturniidae" class="extiw" title="w:saturniidae">saturniid</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moth" class="extiw" title="w:moth">moth</a> found in the tropical and subtropical forests of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" class="extiw" title="w:Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>, and common across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_archipelago" class="extiw" title="w:Malay archipelago">Malay archipelago</a>. Atlas moths are considered the largest moths in the world in terms of total wing surface area. Their wingspans are also amongst the largest, reaching over 25 cm (10 in). Females are appreciably larger and heavier.
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