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Checklist for Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
and region East Asia (Far East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1146
26296
148959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1142
26273
148905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1054
25859
147577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
627
19594
119086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
99
5451
26051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
96
5430
25997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
91
5404
25833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
36
3586
17310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
30
3206
14977
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
8
154
557
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySaturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal
27
112
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Asia
27 Genera with 112 Species
#ACEGILPRS
Actias Leach, 2007Asian-American moon moths29SpeciesTaxom
Adeloneivaia Travassos, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Aglia Ochsenheimer, 19588SpeciesTaxom
Antheraea Hübner, 1964Tussah moths12SpeciesTaxom
Antheraeopsis Wood-Mason, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Archaeoattacus Watson, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Argema Wallengren, 1897African moon moths1SpeciesTaxom
Attacus Linnaeus, 19934SpeciesTaxom
Caio Travassos & ..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Caligula Moore, 196017SpeciesTaxom
Cricula Walker, 19995SpeciesTaxom
Epiphora Wallengren, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Eriogyna Jordan, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Graellsia Grote, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Imbrasia Hübner, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Lobobunaea Packard, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Loepa Moore, 193914SpeciesTaxom
Ludia Wallengren, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ptiloscola Michener, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Rhescyntis Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Rhodinia Staudinger, 198410SpeciesTaxom
Rinaca Moore, 18435SpeciesTaxom
Salassa Moore, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Samia Hübner, 011SpeciesTaxom
Saturnia Schrank, 1854Emperor moths21SpeciesTaxom
Sinobirma Bryk, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Solus Watson, 19942SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Asia
112 Species and 48 Subspecies
Actias aliena Butler, 1879
Actias aliena aliena Butler, 1879
Actias aliena sjoeqvisti Bryk, 1949
Actias arianeae Brechlin, 2007
Actias artemis BREMER & GREY, 1853Oomizuao
Actias artemis artemis
Actias chrisbrechlinae Brechlin, 2007
Actias dubernardi Oberthür, 1897Chinese Luna Moth
Actias felicis Oberthür, 1896
Actias gnoma Butler, 1877Japanese moon moth
Actias gnoma gnoma Butler, 1877
Actias gnoma mandschurica Staudinger, 1892
Actias gnoma miyatai Inoue, 1976
Actias guangxiana
Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914
Actias heterogyna subaurea Kishida, 1993
Actias kongjiara Chu & Wang, 1993
Actias luna Linnaeus, 1758Luna moth
Actias maenas Doubleday, 1847Malaysian moon moth
Actias neidhoederi
Actias neidhoeferi Ong & Yu, 1968
Actias ningpoana Fielder, 1862Chinese moon moth
Actias ningpoana ningtaiwana Brechlin, 2012
Actias selene Hübner, 1807Indian Luna Moth
Actias selene ningpoana Felder, 1862
Actias sinensis Walker, 1855Chinese moon moth
Actias sinensis subaurea Kishida, 1993
Actias uljanae Brechlin, 2007
Actias winbrechlini Brechlin, 2007
Adeloneivaia acuta Schaus, 1896
Aglia japonica Leech, 1889
Aglia japonica japonica Leech, , 1889
Aglia japonica microtau Inoue, 1958
Aglia lugens Standfuss, 1888
Aglia macropis Lenz, 1925
Aglia tau Linnaeus, 1758Tau emperor
Aglia tau amurensis Jordan, 1911
Aglia tau microtau Inoue, 1958
Antheraea (Antheraea) pernyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1855Chinese oak silk moth
Antheraea (Antheraea) roylii Moore, 1859
Antheraea (Antheraea) yamamai Guérin-Ménev..., 1861Japanese oak silk moth
Antheraea yamamai superba Inoue, 1964
Antheraea yamamai ussuriensis Schachbazov, 1953
Antheraea yamamai yamamai Guérin-Ménev..., 1861
Antheraea yamamai yoshimotoi Inoue, 1965
Antheraea (Telea) polyphemus Cramer, 1776Giant silkworm moth
Antheraea assamensis Helfer, 1837Assam Silkmoth
Antheraea formosana Sonan, 1937
Antheraea roylei Moore, 1858
Antheraea superba Inoue, 1964
Archaeoattacus malayanus Kurosawa & K..., 1984
Argema dubernardi Oberthür, 1897
Attacus atlas Linnaeus, 1758Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas atlas
Attacus atlas formosanus Villiard, 1969
Attacus atlas ryukyuensis Inoue, 1993
Caio aglia Felder, 1874
Caligula anna Moore, 1865
Caligula boisduvali Eversmann, 1846
Caligula boisduvalii (Eversmann, 1847)⇒ Caligula jonasi Butler, 1877
Caligula cachara Moore, 1872
Caligula japonica Moore, 1862Japanese Giant Silkworm
Caligula japonica arisana Shiraki, 1913
Caligula japonica japonica
Caligula jonasi Butler, 1877Jonasi Silkmoth
Caligula jonasi fukudai
Caligula jonasii Butler, 1877
Caligula jonasii fukudai Sonan, 1937
Caligula jonasii jonasii
Caligula kitchingi Brechlin, 2001
Caligula lindia Moore, 1865
Caligula simla Westwood, 1847
Caligula thibeta Westwood, 1853
Caligula thibeta okurai Okano, 1960
Cricula australosinica Brechlin, 2004
Cricula hainanensis Brechlin, 2004
Cricula trifenestrata Helfer, 1837Cricula Silkmoth
Cricula variabilis Naumann & Lö..., 2010
Cricula vietnama Brechlin, Na..., 1999
Epiphora mythimna Moorei Swinhoe, 1902
Eriogyna pyretorum Westwood, 1847
Eriogyna pyretorum pearsoni Watson, 1911
Graellsia isabellae (Graells, 1849)⇒ Actias isabellae Graells, 1849
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea Morawitz, 1876
Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849
Loepa damartis Jordan, 1911
Loepa formosensis Mell, 1939
Loepa katinka Westwood, 1848Golden Emperor Moth
Loepa katinka formosensis Mell, 1939
Loepa megacore Jordan, 1911
Loepa mirandula Yen & al., 2000
Loepa oberthuri Leech, 1890
Loepa obscuromarginata Naumann, 1998
Loepa sakaei Inoue, 1965
Loepa siamensis Brechlin, 2010
Loepa sikkima Moore, 1865
Loepa sikkma Moore, 1865
Loepa sinjaevi Brechlin, 2004
Loepa yunnana Mell, 1939
Ludia obscura aora
Ptiloscola lasiocampa Bryk, 1953
Rhescyntis hippodamia hippodamia Cramer, 1777
Rhodinia fugax Butler, 1877
Rhodinia fugax diana Oberthür, 1886
Rhodinia fugax fugax Butler, 1877
Rhodinia jankowskii Oberthür, 1880
Rhodinia jankowskii hattoriae Inoue, 1965
Rhodinia jankowskii hokkaidoensis Inoue, 1965
Rhodinia rudloffi Brechlin, 2001
Rhodinia silkae Brechlin & v..., 2010
Rhodinia tenzingyatsoi Naumann, 2001
Rhodinia verecunda Inoue, 1984
Rinaca fukudai Sonan, 1937
Rinaca japonica arisana Shiraki, 1913
Rinaca kitchingi (Brechlin, 2001)⇒ Caligula kitchingi Brechlin, 2001
Rinaca thibeta okurai Okano, 1959
Rinaca zuleika Hope, 1843
Salassa arianae Brechlin & K..., 2010
Samia canningi (Hutton, 1859)⇒ Samia cynthia Drury, 1773
Samia cynthia Drury, 1773Ailanthus silk moth
Samia cynthia cynthia Drury, 1773
Samia cynthia pryeri (Butler, 1878)⇒ Samia cynthia Drury, 1773
Samia cynthia ricini Jones, 1791
Samia cynthia walkeri Felder & Felder, 1862
Samia formosana Matsumura, 1931
Samia pryeri (Butler, 1878)⇒ Samia cynthia Drury, 1773
Samia wangi Naumann & Pe..., 2001Lesser Atlas Moth
Samia watsoni Oberthür, 1914
Samia watsoni formosana Matsumura, 0
Saturnia (Eudia) pavonia Linnaeus, 1758Emperor
Saturnia (Eudia) pavoniella Scopoli, 1763
Saturnia (Eudia) spini Denis & Schi..., 1775Sloe Emperor Moth
Saturnia (Rinaca) anna (Moore, 1865)⇒ Caligula cachara Moore, 1872
Saturnia (Rinaca) zuleika (Hope, 1843)⇒ Rinaca zuleika Hope, 1843
Saturnia (Saturnia) pyri Denis & Schi..., 1775Giant Emperor Moth
Saturnia boisduvalii Eversmann, 1846
Saturnia diluta Lempke, 1960
Saturnia japonica (Moore, 1872)⇒ Caligula japonica Moore, 1862
Saturnia japonica japonica Moore, 1872
Saturnia japonica ryukyuensis Inoue, 1984
Saturnia johni Amiot., 1930
Saturnia jonasi Butler, 1877
Saturnia jonasii Jordan, 1911
Saturnia jonasii fallax Jordan, 1911
Saturnia jonasii jonasii Butler, 1877
Saturnia lapponica Lingonblad., 1936
Saturnia pyretorum Westwood, 1847
Saturnia sinanna Naumann & Nä..., 2010
Saturnia taibaishanis Brechlin, 2009
Saturnia thibeta Westwood, 1854
Sinobirma bouyeri Naumann, Näs..., 2012
Sinobirma malaisei Bryk, 1944
Solus parvifenestrata Bryk, 1944
Solus parvifenestratus sinjaevi Nässig, 1994

Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in East Asia
SubfamilyAgliinae
Packard, 1893
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArsenurinae
Jordan, 1922
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCeratocampinae
Harris, 1833
Royal Moths
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCercophaninae
Jordan, 1924
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySalassinae
Michener, 1949
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySaturniinae
Boisduval, 1837
Giant Silkworm Moths, Silkmoths
21
103
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Saturniidae at artfakta.se
Saturniidae at dyntaxa.se
Saturniidae at gbif.org
Saturniidae at irmng.org
Saturniidae at itis.gov