Insect Stamp of Cuba

Cuba is a socialist state comprising islands more than 1500 around Caribbean Sea's greatest island Cuba Island. Columbus arrived in 1492 and passed through Spanish rule to last for about 400 years after 1511 and became independent in 1902. It is made to accept the intervention in domestic affairs right and a military base tenure by U.S.A. where It buy sugar cane from the latter half in the 19th century and went into, and it is put in an American protection bottom virtually. Success of Cuban Revolution by Castro who stood up for overthrow of rule by U.S.A. is 1959. It access the Soviet Union in basics as a socialist state in anti-U.S.A., and, since the Chairperson national council assumption of office of 1976, Castro is grasp in real power of a party / the armed forces / administration. It came to accept an investment of a foreign firm positively in after 1993 while 1990's began and took Soviet Union collapse and did isolation and strengthened China and relations.
As an insect stamp, five kinds of Christmas stamps describing the butterfly and the moth were issued in 1961, five kinds of Christmas stamps describing the insect were issued in 1962, five kinds of normal stamps describing the honeybee were issued in 1971 from Cuba.
Six kinds of beetle stamps were issued in 1980.
The beetle stamp of a scarab beetle for all seven kinds was issued in 1988.

Republic of Cuba
1962.12.21 Christmas Stamp
Cuckoo Wasp
Chrysis superba
(Chrysididae)
Longhorn Beetle
Essostrutha roberto
(Cerambycidae)
Giant Leafhopper
Horiensia conciliata
(Cicadellidae)
Leaf Beetle
Cubispa turquino
(Chrysomelidae)
Weevil
Lachnops argus
(Curculionidae)


1971.6.20 Normal Stamp
egg,worm,chrysalisWorker BeeMale beeNest protection beeQueen bee
Western Honeybee
Apis mellifera
(Apidae)


1980.1.25 Insect Stamp
Cuba Weevil
Rhina oblita
(Rhynchophoridae)
Longhorn Beetle
Odontocera josemart
(Cerambycidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Pinthocaelium columbinum
(Cerambycidae)
Calosoma Beetle
Calosoma splendida
(Carabidae)
Beetle
Homophileurus cubanus
(Scarabaeidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Heterops dimidiata
(Cerambycidae)


1988.6.30 Normal Stamp
Elephant Beetle
Megasoma elephas
(Scarabaeidae)
Scarab Beetle
Plustotis argenteola
(Scarabaeidae)
Scarab Beetle
Heterosternus oberthuri
(Scarabaeidae)
Bess Beetle
Odontotaenius zodiacus
(Passalidae)
Emerald Colored Beetle
Platycoelia flavoscutellata
(Scarabaeidae)
Longleg Scarab Beetle
Chrysophora chrysochlora
(Scarabaeidae)
Phanaeus Scarab Beetle
Phanaeus leander
(Scarabaeidae)


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