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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
290
3227
9276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
290
3227
9276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
276
3147
9047
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
191
2844
8597
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
52
1074
3546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
52
1074
3546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
52
1074
3546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
806
2980
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
756
2891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
5
95
398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySaturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal
33
183
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Gabon
33 Genera with 183 Species
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Adrougeriana Darge, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Athletes Karsch, 19627SpeciesTaxom
Aurivillius Packard, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Basquiniana Darge, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Bunaea Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Bunaeopsis Bouvier, 18796SpeciesTaxom
Carnegia Holland, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Cirina Walker, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtogone Walker, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Decachorda Aurivillius, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Dogoia Bouyer, 19228SpeciesTaxom
Epiphora Wallengren, 184913SpeciesTaxom
Eudaemonia Hübner, 178111SpeciesTaxom
Gamelia Hübner, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Gonimbrasia Butler, 190720SpeciesTaxom
Goodia Holland, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Holocerina Pinhey, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Hyperchirioides Lemaire, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Imbrasia Hübner, 190812SpeciesTaxom
Lobobunaea Packard, 190111SpeciesTaxom
Ludia Wallengren, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Melanocera Sonthonnax, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Micragone Walker, 193610SpeciesTaxom
Mucidomorpha Darge, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Nudaurelia Rothschild, 195511SpeciesTaxom
Orthogonioptilum Karsch, 195838SpeciesTaxom
Protogynanisa Rougeot, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Pselaphelia Aurivillius, 20036SpeciesTaxom
Pseudantheraea Weymer, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaphelia Kirby, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Pseudimbrasia Rougeot, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Pseudobunaea Bouvier, 18499SpeciesTaxom
Tagoropsis Felder, 19502SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gabon
183 Species and 17 Subspecies
Adrougeriana ducorpsi De Fleury, 1925
Adrougeriana nenia Westwood, 1849
Adrougeriana neonubifera Rougeot, 1979
Athletes albicans Rougeot, 1955
Athletes ethra Westwood, 1849
Athletes ethra ethra Westwood, 1849
Athletes ethra ogoouensis Rougeot, 1962
Athletes nyansae Rebel, 1904
Athletes nyansae nyansae Rebel, 1904
Athletes ogoouensis Rougeot, 1962
Aurivillius arata Westwood, 1849
Aurivillius aratus Westwood, 1849
Aurivillius drumonti Bouyer, 2008
Aurivillius seydeli Rougeot, 1966
Aurivillius triramis Rothschild, 1907
Basquiniana cana Aurivillius, 1893
Basquiniana joiceyi Bouvier, 1930
Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Bunaeopsis aurantiaca Rothschild, 1895
Bunaeopsis gabonica (Rougeot, 1955)⇒ Bunaeopsis aurantiaca Rothschild, 1895
Bunaeopsis hersilia Westwood, 1849
Bunaeopsis licharbas Maassen & We..., 1885
Bunaeopsis macrophthalmus Kirby, 1881
Bunaeopsis zaddachii (Dewitz, 1879)⇒ Bunaeopsis zaddachi Dewitz, 1879
Carnegia mirabilis Aurivillius, 1895
Cirina forda Westwood, 1849Pallid Emperor Moth
Cirina forda forda Westwood, 1849
Cyrtogone colettae Rougeot, 1959
Cyrtogone martinae Rougeot, 1952
Cyrtogone mirei Darge, 1990
Decachorda rosea Aurivillius, 1898
Dogoia fabia Basquin, 2021
Dogoia hierax Jordan, 1922
Dogoia lunata Holland, 1893
Dogoia obscuripennis Strand, 1912
Dogoia perfulvastra Darge, 1994
Dogoia stellata Darge, 1994
Dogoia thia Jordan, 1922
Epiphora aequatorialis Testout, 1935
Epiphora albida Druce, 1886
Epiphora albidus Druce, 1886
Epiphora bauhiniae Guérin-Ménev..., 1829African Atlas moth
Epiphora berliozi Rougeot, 1948
Epiphora boolana Strand, 1909
Epiphora gabonensis Testout, 1935
Epiphora mythimnia Westwood, 1849
Epiphora perspicuus Butler, 1878
Epiphora ploetzi Weymer, 1880
Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
Epiphora testouti Rougeot, 1948
Epiphora vacuna Westwood, 1849
Eudaemonia argiphontes Maassen, 1877
Eudaemonia argus Fabricius, 1777
Eudaemonia barnsi (Maassen, 1877)⇒ Eudaemonia argiphontes Maassen, 1877
Eudaemonia batesi (Bethune-Baker, 1927)⇒ Eudaemonia argiphontes Maassen, 1877
Eudaemonia brachyura (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849
Eudaemonia colini (Bouvier, 1927)⇒ Eudaemonia trogophylla Hampson, 1919
Eudaemonia minor (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849
Eudaemonia troglophylla Hampson, 1919
Eudaemonia trogophylla Hampson, 1919
Eudaemonia uniocellata (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849
Eudaemonia uroarge (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849
Gamelia septentrionalis Bouvier, 1936
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) alopia Westwood, 1849
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) anthina Karsch, 1892
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis Strecker, 1876
Gonimbrasia eblis eblis Strecker, 1876
Gonimbrasia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978
Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849Mopane Moth
Gonimbrasia bouvieri Le Moult, 1933
Gonimbrasia dionysiae Rougeot, 1948
Gonimbrasia godarti Lemaire, 1971
Gonimbrasia hecate Rougeot, 1955
Gonimbrasia jamesoni Druce, 1890
Gonimbrasia jamesoni aethiops Rothschild, 1907
Gonimbrasia melanops Bouvier, 1930
Gonimbrasia occidentalis Rothschild, 1907
Gonimbrasia oyemensis Rougeot, 1955
Gonimbrasia petiveri Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Gonimbrasia rhodophila Walker, 1869
Gonimbrasia staudingeri Aurivillius, 1893
Gonimbrasia staudingeri gabunica Rougeot, 1971
Gonimbrasia xanthomma Rothschild, 1907
Goodia falcata Aurivillius, 1893
Goodia hierax Jordan, 1922
Goodia lunata (Holland, 1893)⇒ Dogoia lunata Holland, 1893
Goodia nubilata Holland, 1893
Holocerina agomensis Karsch, 1896
Holocerina angulata Aurivillius, 1893
Holocerina angulata angulata Aurivillius, 1893
Hyperchirioides angulata Aurivillius, 1893
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 epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea Morawitz, 1876
Imbrasia epimethea nadari Bouvier, 1928
Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
Imbrasia longicaudata Holland, 1894
Imbrasia nadari (Drury, 1773)⇒ Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia obscura Butler, 1878
Imbrasia paradoxa (Dufrane, 1953)⇒ Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
Imbrasia truncata Aurivillius, 1908
Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849
Lobobunaea acuta Bouyer, 2012
Lobobunaea basquini Rougeot, 1972
Lobobunaea erythrotes Karsch, 1892
Lobobunaea goodi Holland, 1893
Lobobunaea goodii Holland, 1893
Lobobunaea goodii goodii Holland, 1893
Lobobunaea melanoneura Rothschild, 1907
Lobobunaea niepelti Strand, 1912
Lobobunaea phaedusa Drury, 1782
Lobobunaea rosea Sonthonnax, 1901
Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1893
Ludia tessmanni Strand, 1911
Melanocera nereis Rothschild, 1898
Micragone agathylla Westwood, 1849
Micragone colettae Rougeot, 1959
Micragone elisabethae Bouvier, 1930
Micragone joiceyi Bouvier, 1930
Micragone lichenodes Holland, 1893
Micragone martinae Rougeot, 1952
Micragone mirei Darge, 1990
Micragone nenia Westwood, 1849
Micragone neonubifera Rougeot, 1979
Micragone nubifera Bouvier, 1936
Mucidomorpha lichenodes Holland, 1893
Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
Nudaurelia anthina Karsch, 1892
Nudaurelia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978
Nudaurelia bouvieri Le Moult, 1933
Nudaurelia dione Fabricius, 1793
Nudaurelia dionysiae Rougeot, 1948
Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1878
Nudaurelia gabunica Rougeot, 1971
Nudaurelia jamesoni Druce, 1890
Nudaurelia melanops Bouvier, 1930
Nudaurelia oyemensis (Rougeot, 1955)⇒ Nudaurelia melanops Bouvier, 1930
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1893
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum pseudadiegetum Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum adustum Jordan, 1922
Orthogonioptilum andreasum Rougeot, 1967
Orthogonioptilum apium Basquin, 1995
Orthogonioptilum bernardii Bouyer, 1990
Orthogonioptilum conspectum (Rougeot, 1962)⇒ Orthogonioptilum ochraceum Rougeot, 1958
Orthogonioptilum crystallinum Darge, 1993
Orthogonioptilum csomaense Bouyer, 1992
Orthogonioptilum dargei Basquin, 1992
Orthogonioptilum diabolicum Rougeot, 1971
Orthogonioptilum emmanuellae Basquin, 1995
Orthogonioptilum fang Darge, 1990
Orthogonioptilum filippii Darge, 1992
Orthogonioptilum guilloteaui (Darge, 1988)⇒ Orthogonioptilum luminosa Bouvier, 1930
Orthogonioptilum ianthinum Rougeot, 1960
Orthogonioptilum incana Sonthonnax, 1899
Orthogonioptilum kahli Holland, 1921
Orthogonioptilum loloense Basquin, 1995
Orthogonioptilum luminosa Bouvier, 1930
Orthogonioptilum modestum Rougeot, 1965
Orthogonioptilum monochromum Karsch, 1893
Orthogonioptilum neoprox Darge, 1992
Orthogonioptilum ngounieense Basquin, 2021
Orthogonioptilum nigrescens Bouyer, 1994
Orthogonioptilum obamba Darge, 1990
Orthogonioptilum obamba batekensis Basquin, 2021
Orthogonioptilum obamba obamba Darge, 1990
Orthogonioptilum ochraceum Rougeot, 1958
Orthogonioptilum piersoni Bouyer, 1989
Orthogonioptilum prox Karsch, 1893
Orthogonioptilum pseudadiegetum Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum subueleense Rougeot, 1972
Orthogonioptilum tristis Sonthonnax, 1899
Orthogonioptilum umbrulatum Basquin, 1995
Orthogonioptilum vestigiata Holland, 1893
Orthogonioptilum vestigiatum Holland, 1893
Orthogonioptilum vitreatum (Rougeot, 1958)⇒ Orthogonioptilum luminosa Bouvier, 1930
Protogynanisa probsti Bouyer, 2001
Pselaphelia adaurata Basquin, 2021
Pselaphelia adaurata adaurata Basquin, 2021
Pselaphelia arenivaga Darge, 2003
Pselaphelia aurata Bouyer, 1992
Pselaphelia gemmifera (Butler, 1878)⇒ Pselaphelia flavivitta Walker, 1862
Pselaphelia neglecta Darge, 2003
Pseudantheraea discrepans Butler, 1878
Pseudantheraea imperator Rougeot, 1962
Pseudaphelia simplex Rebel, 1906
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei Thomson, 1858
Pseudimbrasia deyrollii Oberthür, 1910
Pseudobunaea alinda Sonthonnax, 1899
Pseudobunaea cleopatra Aurivillius, 1893
Pseudobunaea cyrene Weymer, 1909
Pseudobunaea heyeri Weymer, 1896
Pseudobunaea heyeri meloui Riel, 1910
Pseudobunaea illustris Weymer, 1901
Pseudobunaea irius Fabricius, 1793
Pseudobunaea pallens Sonthonnax, 1901
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena Westwood, 1849
Tagoropsis genoviefae Rougeot, 1950
Tagoropsis genoviefae genoviefae Rougeot, 1950

Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Gabon
SubfamilyHemileucinae
Walker, 1855
Buck and Io Moths
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySaturniinae
Boisduval, 1837
Giant Silkworm Moths, Silkmoths
32
182
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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