Attacus atlas

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q167435
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Summary

Attacus atlas is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,479 views/month, #1,441 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Named after: Atlas[4]
  • Parent taxon: Attacus[5]
  • Taxon name: Attacus atlas[6]
  • Commons category: Attacus atlas[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Attacus atlas[8]
  • Commons gallery: Attacus atlas[9]
  • This taxon is source of: Atlas silk[10]
  • Short name: A. atlas[11]
  • Taxon common name: atlas moth[12], caparina atles[13]
  • Has host: Ailanthus altissima[14], Annona muricata[15], Brucea sumatrana[16], Glochidion rubrum[17], Lannea coromandelica[18], Lonicera japonica[19], Maesa ramentacea[20], Parkia intermedia[21], Aguacate[22], Ricinus[23], Sandoricum indicum[24], Sapium insigne[25], cacao[26], Artabotrys hexapetalus[27]

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Identifiers

Attacus atlas's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 63978[28]. Attacus atlas's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 385381[29]. Attacus atlas's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5124716[30].

Why It Matters

Attacus atlas has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . nmnhs.com. nmnhs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . animaldiversity.org. animaldiversity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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