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321:. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
341:. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
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468:"Coscinocera hercules"
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231:Dysoxylum mollissimum
880:Coscinocera_hercules
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362:"Saturniidae family"
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173:Coscinocera hercules
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