''Eudocima apta'' is a

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of the family Erebidae. It is found in large parts of Brazil. At times it migrates north into the United States. The

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is about 45 mm.

Classification

Some older authors have considered ''Eudocima apta'' as a synonym of '' E. materna'' but more recent workers consider ''apta'' as a New World species that is very similar in appearance to ''materna'' (Eudocima apta (Walker,

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= Eudocima materna of authors, not Linnaeus, 1767). ''Eudocima materna'' is therefore the Old World counterpart of ''apta'', and a simple visual comparison of ''materna'' and ''apta'' reveals obvious differences of the two species in both sexes. Zilli and Hogenes (2002) also report genitalic differences between the two species, most notably in the bursa.

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Eudocima Moths described in 1857 {{Calpinae-stub