The famous Asian Atlas moth has an amazing feature that appears to be rarely commented on. Throughout all of its range occur cobras. The moth during the daytime rests on low shrubs in the forest with its forewings lowered as seen above. However if disturbed it rapidly raises its forewings to 'mimic' two cobras in profile with flared neck and similar markings all to scale. This also works from the reverse direction as seen here. The Atlas moth has a broad distribution extending from the Oriental tropics to Borneo and Indonesia extending as far east as New Guinea