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Checklist of Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
for Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5796
18192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5796
18192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5715
17984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4582
15900
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
61
1766
7363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
61
1765
7362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
60
1763
7360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
1234
5925
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
1144
5756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
5
107
546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySaturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal
35
241
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
35 Genera with 241 Species
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Adrougeriana Darge, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Antheraea Hübner, 1819Tussah moths1SpeciesTaxom
Argema Wallengren, 1971African moon moths1SpeciesTaxom
Athletes Karsch, 19046SpeciesTaxom
Aurivillius Packard, 19777SpeciesTaxom
Bunaea Hübner, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Bunaeopsis Bouvier, 18966SpeciesTaxom
Carnegia Holland, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Cinabra Sonthonnax, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Cirina Walker, 18495SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtogone Walker, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Decachorda Aurivillius, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Dogoia Bouyer, 19948SpeciesTaxom
Epiphora Wallengren, 188520SpeciesTaxom
Eudaemonia Hübner, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Gonimbrasia Butler, 190729SpeciesTaxom
Goodia Holland, 19229SpeciesTaxom
Holocerina Pinhey, 19976SpeciesTaxom
Hylesiopsis Bouvier, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Imbrasia Hübner, 190817SpeciesTaxom
Lobobunaea Packard, 200420SpeciesTaxom
Ludia Wallengren, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Melanocera Sonthonnax, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Micragone Walker, 19368SpeciesTaxom
Nudaurelia Rothschild, 190715SpeciesTaxom
Orthogonioptilum Karsch, 191446SpeciesTaxom
Pselaphelia Aurivillius, 19926SpeciesTaxom
Pseudantheraea Weymer, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaphelia Kirby, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Pseudimbrasia Rougeot, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Pseudobunaea Bouvier, 200320SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoludia Strand, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Tagoropsis Felder, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Urota Westwood, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Usta Wallengren, 19944SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
241 Species and 31 Subspecies
Adrougeriana ducorpsi De Fleury, 1925
Adrougeriana nenia Westwood, 1849
Argema fournieri Darge, 1971
Athletes albicans Rougeot, 1955
Athletes ethra Westwood, 1849
Athletes ethra ethra Westwood, 1849
Athletes gigas Sonthonnax, 1902
Athletes nyansae Rebel, 1904
Athletes nyansae nyansae Rebel, 1904
Aurivillius arata Westwood, 1849
Aurivillius aratus Westwood, 1849
Aurivillius drumonti Bouyer, 2008
Aurivillius jolyanorum Bouyer, 1999
Aurivillius seydeli Rougeot, 1966
Aurivillius triramis Rothschild, 1907
Aurivillius xerophilus Rougeot, 1977
Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Bunaea alcinoe aslauga Kirby, 1877
Bunaeopsis aurantiaca Rothschild, 1895
Bunaeopsis clementi Lemaire & Ro..., 1975
Bunaeopsis dido Maassen & We..., 1881
Bunaeopsis hersilia Westwood, 1849
Bunaeopsis licharbas Maassen & We..., 1885
Bunaeopsis thyene Weymer, 1896
Carnegia impar Aurivillius, 1899
Carnegia mirabilis Aurivillius, 1895
Cinabra clementi Darge, 1975
Cinabra kitalei (Bouvier, 1930)⇒ Cinabra hyperbius Westwood, 1881
Cirina amieti Darge, 1975
Cirina butyrospermi Vuillot, 1911
Cirina forda Westwood, 1849Pallid Emperor Moth
Cirina forda amieti Darge, 1975
Cirina forda forda Westwood, 1849
Cyrtogone fluminis Darge, 1976
Cyrtogone martinae Rougeot, 1952
Cyrtogone mirei Darge, 1990
Decachorda aspersa Bouvier, 1927
Decachorda fulvia Druce, 1886
Dogoia astrica Darge, 1977
Dogoia hierax Jordan, 1922
Dogoia lunata Holland, 1893
Dogoia obscuripennis Strand, 1912
Dogoia perfulvastra Darge, 1994
Dogoia stellata Darge, 1994
Dogoia thia Jordan, 1922
Dogoia veneris Darge, 1994
Epiphora albidus Druce, 1886
Epiphora antinorii Oberthür, 1880
Epiphora bauhiniae Guérin-Ménev..., 1829African Atlas moth
Epiphora bauhiniae bauhiniae Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Epiphora boolana Strand, 1909
Epiphora conjuncta Bouvier, 1930
Epiphora feae Aurivillius, 1910
Epiphora getula Maassen & We..., 1885
Epiphora magdalena Gruenberg, 1909
Epiphora mineti Darge, 1994
Epiphora niepelti Gschwandner, 1925
Epiphora pelosoma Rothschild, 1907
Epiphora perspicuus Butler, 1878
Epiphora ploetzi Weymer, 1880
Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
Epiphora schultzei Aurivillius, 1905
Epiphora semialba (Gaede, 1927)⇒ Epiphora albidus Druce, 1886
Epiphora styrax (Darge, 1994)⇒ Epiphora mineti Darge, 1994
Epiphora vacuna Westwood, 1849
Epiphora victoria Maassen & We..., 1885
Eudaemonia argiphontes Maassen, 1877
Eudaemonia argus Fabricius, 1777
Eudaemonia batesi (Bethune-Baker, 1927)⇒ Eudaemonia argiphontes Maassen, 1877
Eudaemonia trogophylla Hampson, 1919
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) alopia Westwood, 1849
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) anna Maassen & We..., 1885
Gonimbrasia anna mirei Darge, 1973
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) anthina Karsch, 1892
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis Strecker, 1876
Gonimbrasia eblis buchholzi Plötz, 1880
Gonimbrasia eblis eblis Strecker, 1876
Gonimbrasia amathusia Weymer, 1909
Gonimbrasia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978
Gonimbrasia antigone Sonthonnax, 1901
Gonimbrasia bamendana Schultze, 1914
Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849Mopane Moth
Gonimbrasia bouvieri Le Moult, 1933
Gonimbrasia camerunensis Bouvier, 1930
Gonimbrasia emini Butler, 1888
Gonimbrasia godarti Lemaire, 1971
Gonimbrasia gschwandneri Rebel, 1917
Gonimbrasia jamesoni Druce, 1890
Gonimbrasia jamesoni aethiops Rothschild, 1907
Gonimbrasia jamesoni batesi Bouvier, 1930
Gonimbrasia melanops Bouvier, 1930
Gonimbrasia michaelae Darge, 1975
Gonimbrasia mirei Darge, 1973
Gonimbrasia pales Weymer, 1909
Gonimbrasia petiveri Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Gonimbrasia rhodophila Walker, 1869
Gonimbrasia staudingeri Aurivillius, 1893
Gonimbrasia staudingeri gabunica Rougeot, 1971
Gonimbrasia xanthomma Rothschild, 1907
Goodia astrica (Darge, 1977)⇒ Dogoia astrica Darge, 1977
Goodia falcata Aurivillius, 1893
Goodia hierax Jordan, 1922
Goodia nodulifera Karsch, 1892
Goodia nubilata Holland, 1893
Goodia obscuripennis Strand, 1913
Goodia praedicta Bouyer, 2009
Goodia thia Jordan, 1922
Holocerina agomensis Karsch, 1896
Holocerina angulata Aurivillius, 1893
Holocerina angulata angulata Aurivillius, 1893
Holocerina bistricta Strand, 1911
Holocerina prosti (Rougeot, 1978)⇒ Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962
Holocerina rougeoti Bouyer, 1997
Imbrasia alopia rhodophila Walker, 1869
Imbrasia anthina (Karsch, 1892)⇒ Nudaurelia anthina Karsch, 1892
Imbrasia convexa (Butler, 1878)⇒ Imbrasia obscura Butler, 1878
Imbrasia crameri (Drury, 1773)⇒ Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia diomede (Drury, 1773)⇒ Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia dione (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nudaurelia dione Fabricius, 1793
Imbrasia dorcas Walker, 1855
Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
Imbrasia hebe (Butler, 1878)⇒ Imbrasia obscura Butler, 1878
Imbrasia longicaudata Holland, 1894
Imbrasia nadari (Drury, 1773)⇒ Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia obscura Butler, 1878
Imbrasia pallescens Strand, 1915
Imbrasia paradoxa (Dufrane, 1953)⇒ Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
Imbrasia truncata Aurivillius, 1908
Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849
Lobobunaea acuta Bouyer, 2012
Lobobunaea alberici (Westwood, 1849)⇒ Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849
Lobobunaea ansorgei Rothschild, 1899
Lobobunaea basquini Rougeot, 1972
Lobobunaea dargei Lemaire, 1971
Lobobunaea doogii Bouyer, 2012
Lobobunaea erythrotes Karsch, 1892
Lobobunaea goodi Holland, 1893
Lobobunaea goodii Holland, 1893
Lobobunaea goodii karschi Schüssler, 1933
Lobobunaea jeanneli (Rougeot, 1959)⇒ Lobobunaea ansorgei Rothschild, 1899
Lobobunaea leopoldi (Bouvier, 1930)⇒ Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849
Lobobunaea melichari Bouyer, 2012
Lobobunaea phaedusa Drury, 1782
Lobobunaea phaedusa desfontainei Darge, 1998
Lobobunaea phaedusa minutissima Darge, 1998
Lobobunaea phaedusa thomsonii Kirby, 1877
Lobobunaea sangha Darge, 2002
Lobobunaea vingerhoedti Bouyer, 2004
Ludia hansali Felder, 1874
Ludia obscura Aurivillius, 1893
Ludia obscura obscura Aurivillius, 1893
Ludia obscura sopponis Strand, 1914
Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1893
Ludia orinoptena orinoptena Karsch, 1893
Ludia sopponis Strand, 1914
Ludia tessmanni Strand, 1911
Melanocera microphtalma Darge, 1994
Melanocera nereis Rothschild, 1898
Micragone agathylla Westwood, 1849
Micragone camerunensis Strand, 1909
Micragone joiceyi Bouvier, 1930
Micragone martinae Rougeot, 1952
Micragone mirei Darge, 1990
Micragone nenia Westwood, 1849
Micragone neonubifera Rougeot, 1979
Micragone nubifera Bouvier, 1936
Nudaurelia aethiops Rothschild, 1907
Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
Nudaurelia amathusia (Weymer, 1909)⇒ Nudaurelia xanthomma Rothschild, 1907
Nudaurelia anthina Karsch, 1892
Nudaurelia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978
Nudaurelia bamendana Schultze, 1914
Nudaurelia bouvieri Le Moult, 1933
Nudaurelia dione Fabricius, 1793
Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1878
Nudaurelia emini Butler, 1888
Nudaurelia jamesoni Druce, 1890
Nudaurelia melanops Bouvier, 1930
Nudaurelia michaelae (Karsch, 1892)⇒ Nudaurelia anthina Karsch, 1892
Nudaurelia petiveri Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Nudaurelia xanthomma Rothschild, 1907
Orthogonioptilum adamaouensis Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1893
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum adiegetum Karsch, 1893
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum bafutensis Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum restrictum Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum bafutensis Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum bernaudi Darge, 1996
Orthogonioptilum chalix Jordan, 1922
Orthogonioptilum dallastai Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum dargei Basquin, 1992
Orthogonioptilum deletum Jordan, 1922
Orthogonioptilum exspectatum Darge, 1975
Orthogonioptilum fontainei Rougeot, 1962
Orthogonioptilum galleyi Basquin, 1992
Orthogonioptilum geniculipennis Strand, 1910
Orthogonioptilum herbuloti Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum hodeberti Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum ianthinum Rougeot, 1960
Orthogonioptilum igneolum Darge, 2012
Orthogonioptilum incana Sonthonnax, 1899
Orthogonioptilum infernarum Darge, 1990
Orthogonioptilum kahli Holland, 1921
Orthogonioptilum klinzigi Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum luminosa Bouvier, 1930
Orthogonioptilum monochromum Karsch, 1893
Orthogonioptilum neglectum Darge, 1995
Orthogonioptilum neoprox Darge, 1992
Orthogonioptilum nigrescens Bouyer, 1994
Orthogonioptilum nimbaense Rougeot, 1962
Orthogonioptilum obamba Darge, 1990
Orthogonioptilum obamba obamba Darge, 1990
Orthogonioptilum ochraceum Rougeot, 1958
Orthogonioptilum piersoni Bouyer, 1989
Orthogonioptilum prox Karsch, 1893
Orthogonioptilum restrictum Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum rougeoti Darge, 1973
Orthogonioptilum sejunctum Darge, 1993
Orthogonioptilum servatia Weymer, 1909
Orthogonioptilum solium Bouyer, 1990
Orthogonioptilum subueleense Rougeot, 1972
Orthogonioptilum tristis Sonthonnax, 1899
Orthogonioptilum venustissimum Darge, 2012
Orthogonioptilum vestigiata Holland, 1893
Orthogonioptilum vestigiatum Holland, 1893
Orthogonioptilum violascens Rebel, 1914
Pselaphelia arenivaga Darge, 2003
Pselaphelia aurata Bouyer, 1992
Pselaphelia flavivitta Walker, 1862
Pselaphelia gemmifera (Butler, 1878)⇒ Pselaphelia flavivitta Walker, 1862
Pselaphelia neglecta Darge, 2003
Pselaphelia vandenberghei Bouyer, 1992
Pseudantheraea arenosa (Packard, 1914)⇒ Pseudantheraea discrepans Butler, 1878
Pseudantheraea discrepans Butler, 1878
Pseudantheraea imperator Rougeot, 1962
Pseudaphelia rebeli (Gaede, 1915)⇒ Pseudaphelia simplex Rebel, 1906
Pseudaphelia simplex Rebel, 1906
Pseudimbrasia congolensis (Oberthür, 1910)⇒ Pseudimbrasia deyrollei Thomson, 1858
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei Thomson, 1858
Pseudimbrasia deyrollii Oberthür, 1910
Pseudobunaea alinda Sonthonnax, 1899
Pseudobunaea alinda sjostedti Aurivillius, 1893
Pseudobunaea bispecularis (Aurivillius, 1925)⇒ Pseudobunaea irius Fabricius, 1793
Pseudobunaea catochra Karsch, 1893
Pseudobunaea cleopatra Aurivillius, 1893
Pseudobunaea cleopatra catochra Karsch, 1893
Pseudobunaea cyrene Weymer, 1909
Pseudobunaea epithyrena Maassen & We..., 1885
Pseudobunaea heyeri Weymer, 1896
Pseudobunaea illustris Weymer, 1901
Pseudobunaea irius Fabricius, 1793
Pseudobunaea neglecta Darge, 2003
Pseudobunaea pallens Sonthonnax, 1901
Pseudobunaea pratorum Darge, 2003
Pseudobunaea sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1893
Pseudobunaea sjostedti Aurivillius, 1893
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena Westwood, 1849
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena neglecta Darge, 2003
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena pratorum Darge, 2003
Pseudoludia suavis Rothschild, 1907
Tagoropsis flavinata Walker, 1865
Tagoropsis genoviefae Rougeot, 1950
Tagoropsis genoviefae genoviefae Rougeot, 1950
Urota herbuloti Darge, 1975
Urota koupensis Darge, 2011
Urota sinope Westwood, 1849
Usta subangulata Bouvier, 1930
Usta terpsichore Maassen & We..., 1885Cavorting Emperor
Usta terpsichore terpsichore Maassen, 1885
Usta yaere (Darge, 1994)⇒ Usta terpsichore Maassen & We..., 1885

Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Cameroon
SubfamilyHemileucinae
Walker, 1855
Buck and Io Moths
1
0
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySaturniinae
Boisduval, 1837
Giant Silkworm Moths, Silkmoths
34
241
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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