Checklist for Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
and region Gambia (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 290
2438
4344 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 289
2437
4343 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 278
2394
4248 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 182
1936
3686 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 48
701
1305 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 48
700
1304 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 48
700
1304 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 21
464
946 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 18
437
906 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 5
41
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 11
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Gambia
11 Genera with 13 Species | Aurivillius Packard, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carnegia Holland, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cirina Walker, 1849 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epiphora Wallengren, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonimbrasia Butler, 1907 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Holocerina Pinhey, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Imbrasia Hübner, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ludia Wallengren, 1922 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudimbrasia Rougeot, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudobunaea Bouvier, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tagoropsis Felder, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gambia
13 Species and 2 Subspecies | Aurivillius triramis Rothschild, 1907 | | | Carnegia mirabilis Aurivillius, 1895 | | | Cirina forda Westwood, 1849 | Pallid Emperor Moth | | Cirina forda forda Westwood, 1849 | | | Epiphora bauhiniae Guérin-Ménev..., 1829 | African Atlas moth | | Gonimbrasia hecate Rougeot, 1955 | | | Gonimbrasia occidentalis Rothschild, 1907 | | | Holocerina angulata Aurivillius, 1893 | | | Holocerina angulata angulata Aurivillius, 1893 | | | Imbrasia obscura Butler, 1878 | | | Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1893 | | | Ludia syngena (Jordan, 1922) | ⇒ Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1893 | | Pseudimbrasia deyrollei Thomson, 1858 | | | Pseudobunaea irius Fabricius, 1793 | | | Tagoropsis flavinata Walker, 1865 | |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Gambia
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
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