Unknown birds and Sri Lanka tussah silk moth, Antheraea cingalesa.

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Unknown birds of Sri Lanka: Pink-coloured warbler, Motacilla caryophyllacea, and green wagtail, Motacilla viridis. Sri Lanka tussah silk moth, Antheraea cingalesa (Ceylon silk moth, Bombia paphia). After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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