Eudaemonia jehova

[Laurel Godley]

Carlos,

I looked this up in my 1975 edition of "The Dictionary of Butterflies & 
Moths".  They list the family of Eudaemonia moths as, "5 tropical African 
species in this genus.  The extraordinary long tails of these moths are up 
to five times as long as the remainder of the hindwing."  The species 
pictured in my book is, E. brachyura.

Obviously, you have seen the plate that Joe posted on his webpage.  So I 
would hazard to say based on this and on the inf. I found that the name is 
current.  More I can not say.  Perhaps a person more familiar with tropical 
African fauna with respond.

All the best...  Laurel

>
>Dear Lepidopterists:
>
>My name is Carlos West, and I am a researcher at "Awake!" magazine in New 
>York. I am interested in obtaining more information about a moth called 
>"Eudaemonia jehova," which was described in an 1877 catalog by Herman 
>Strecker titled "Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, Indigenous and 
>Exotic." I corresponded with Professor Joe Kunkel at the University of 
>Massachusetts at Amherst and he suggested that I send a message to the Lep 
>Soc Email list to contact lepidopterists familiar with tropical moths from
>around the world.
>
>If anyone can help me, I'm interested in finding out if this particular 
>moth exists, if it is currently known by this name, and where it can be 
>found. Have any of you ever heard of it? Would you be able to recommend a 
>resource that I could consult to get more information? I am not on the 
>mailing list, so if anyone is able to send a reply to me at cwwest at csi.com 
>I would be very grateful. Thank you for whatever help you are able to 
>provide.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Carlos W. West
>New York, NY
>

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