genus: HEGEMUS White 1845
species: pluto Raffray 1880
remark:-
wild habitat: species habituated in the remanent primary forests in southern and western Ethiopia
origin: Ethiopia, III/2002
wild imago size: 35-50 mm
breeding difficulty: difficult, just as for below mentioned species - feeding larvae is the most problematic part of breeding this interesting species, japanesse breeders breed them successfully as seen on photos

       
Hegemus pluto - wild caught specimens

   
Hegemus pluto - captive bred imago

  
Mountain with symbolic name "pluto" - ... and the same view one year later