1 ruble 2018. Adam's Butterfly Head

Transnistria. 1 ruble 2018. The Red Book - Adam's Butterfly Head.

Obverse: the image of the State Emblem of the Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika is located, under which the face value is indicated - “1 RUBLE”. Along the edge of the coin are inscriptions, separated by dots: at the top - "PRIDNESTROVSKY REPUBLICAN BANK", at the bottom - "2018".

Reverse: in the center - a close-up stylized image of a sturgeon, on the right - a graphic image of the book, under it - the inscription “ACIPENSER GUELDENSTAEDTII BRONDT ET ROTZEBURG”, at the top - the inscription “RED BOOK OF TRANSNESTRIA”, below - the inscription “OZETR RUSSIAN”.

Release Date: August 31, 2018

The Butterfly Dead Head or Adam's head belongs to the order Lepidoptera, the family of hawk moths. This is the second largest butterfly in Europe, after the peacock eye pear. In Russia, it is the largest representative of the hawk family.
An adult hawk is a dead head with a large size and characteristic appearance. The body is thick, spindly, densely covered with hairs. The chest is brown or bluish-brown; on the back is a yellow skull pattern with empty eye sockets. Some specimens are fuzzy or absent. The front wings are elongated, their length is twice the width. Wingspan in males 90-115 mm, in females - 110-130 mm. The color of the wings is changeable, the intensity and the location of spots and stripes differ.