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Photo: @Robert Clark | The Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) are found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and is common across the Malay archipelago. Which is where #Alfred#RusselWallace encountered them, and described them. Wallace is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858. Wallace did extensive fieldwork, first in the Amazon River basin and then in Wallace while traveling in the the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the faunal divide now termed the Wallace Line, which separates the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts: a western portion in which the animals are largely of Asian origin, and an eastern portion where the fauna reflect Australasia.

Atlas moths were often considered the largest moths in the world in terms of total wing surface area. They are also amongst the heaviest, Females are appreciably larger and heavier than the males.

Atlas moths are said to be named after either the Titan of Greek mythology, or their map-like wing patterns. In Hong Kong the Cantonese name translates as "snake's head moth", referring to the apical extension of the forewing, which bears a more than passing resemblance to a snake's head. A subspecies which is native to the Yaeyama It is said to be the inspiration for the movie monster Mothra. @thephotosociety @Robert Clark

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