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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2170
8011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2168
8008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2164
8002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
28
1453
6124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
1331
5721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
6
111
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySaturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal
40
223
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
40 Genera with 223 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRTUY
Adetomeris Michener, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Adrougeriana Darge, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Argema Wallengren, 1847African moon moths3SpeciesTaxom
Athletes Karsch, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Aurivillius Packard, 19076SpeciesTaxom
Basquiniana Darge, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Bunaea Hübner, 187710SpeciesTaxom
Bunaeopsis Bouvier, 187913SpeciesTaxom
Campimoptilum Karsch, 18927SpeciesTaxom
Cinabra Sonthonnax, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Cirina Walker, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Decachorda Aurivillius, 189811SpeciesTaxom
Dogoia Bouyer, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Eosia Le Cerf, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Epiphora Wallengren, 197416SpeciesTaxom
Gonimbrasia Butler, 186542SpeciesTaxom
Goodia Holland, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Gynanisa Walker, 18959SpeciesTaxom
Heniocha Hübner, 18914SpeciesTaxom
Holocerina Pinhey, 18498SpeciesTaxom
Hyperchirioides Lemaire, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Imbrasia Hübner, 196210SpeciesTaxom
Io Blanchard, 01SpeciesTaxom
Leucopteryx Packard, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Lobobunaea Packard, 201213SpeciesTaxom
Ludia Wallengren, 19229SpeciesTaxom
Melanocera Sonthonnax, 19916SpeciesTaxom
Micragone Walker, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Nudaurelia Rothschild, 197211SpeciesTaxom
Orthogonioptilum Karsch, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Parusta Rothschild, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Protogynanisa Rougeot, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Pselaphelia Aurivillius, 20085SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaphelia Kirby, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Pseudobunaea Bouvier, 196217SpeciesTaxom
Rohaniella Bouvier, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Tagoropsis Felder, 19686SpeciesTaxom
Urota Westwood, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Usta Wallengren, 18595SpeciesTaxom
Yatanga Darge, 18921SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
223 Species and 24 Subspecies
Adrougeriana nenia Westwood, 1849
Adrougeriana remota Darge, 2005
Argema besanti Rebel, 1895
Argema fournieri Darge, 1971
Argema mimosae Boisduval, 1847African Moon Moth
Athletes semialba Sonthonnax, 1904
Aurivillius arata Westwood, 1849
Aurivillius aratus Westwood, 1849
Aurivillius cliftoni Rougeot, 1977
Aurivillius orientalis Bouyer, 2007
Aurivillius seydeli Rougeot, 1966
Aurivillius triramis Rothschild, 1907
Basquiniana cana Aurivillius, 1893
Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Bunaea alcinoe aslauga Kirby, 1877
Bunaea aslauga (Kirby, 1877)⇒ Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780
Bunaea cambouei Kirby, 1877Madagascan Emperor
Bunaea densilineata (Kirby, 1877)⇒ Bunaea cambouei Kirby, 1877
Bunaea diospyri (Kirby, 1877)⇒ Bunaea cambouei Kirby, 1877
Bunaea macrofenestris Stoneham, 1962
Bunaea oberthuri (Kirby, 1877)⇒ Bunaea cambouei Kirby, 1877
Bunaea plumicornis (Kirby, 1877)⇒ Bunaea cambouei Kirby, 1877
Bunaea urania (Kirby, 1877)⇒ Bunaea cambouei Kirby, 1877
Bunaeopsis afraorientalis (Stoneham, 1959)⇒ Bunaeopsis oubie Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Bunaeopsis ansorgei (Rothschild, 1898)⇒ Bunaeopsis hersilia Westwood, 1849
Bunaeopsis dido Maassen & We..., 1881
Bunaeopsis hersilia Westwood, 1849
Bunaeopsis istsariensis Stoneham, 1959
Bunaeopsis jacksoni Jordan, 1908
Bunaeopsis jacksoni jacksoni Jordan, 1908
Bunaeopsis licharbas Maassen & We..., 1885
Bunaeopsis neuvillei Le Cerf, 1911
Bunaeopsis oubie Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Bunaeopsis rothschildi Le Cerf, 1911
Bunaeopsis vau Fawcett, 1915
Bunaeopsis zaddachii (Dewitz, 1879)⇒ Bunaeopsis zaddachi Dewitz, 1879
Campimoptilum boulardi Rougeot, 1974
Campimoptilum decolor Le Cerf, 1911
Campimoptilum heptapora Fawcett, 1915
Campimoptilum hollandi Butler, 1898
Campimoptilum kuntzei Dewitz, 1881
Campimoptilum oriens Hampson, 1909
Campimoptilum smithii Holland, 1892
Cinabra bracteata Distant, 1897
Cinabra hyperbius Westwood, 1881
Cinabra kitalei (Bouvier, 1930)⇒ Cinabra hyperbius Westwood, 1881
Cirina forda Westwood, 1849Pallid Emperor Moth
Cirina forda forda Westwood, 1849
Decachorda aspersa Bouvier, 1927
Decachorda aurivillei (Bouvier, 1930)⇒ Decachorda rosea Aurivillius, 1898
Decachorda aurivillii Bouvier, 1930
Decachorda bouvieri Hering, 1929
Decachorda citrinarius (Stoneham, 1962)⇒ Decachorda rosea Aurivillius, 1898
Decachorda flavilinia Stoneham, 1962
Decachorda fulvia Druce, 1886
Decachorda inspersa Hampson, 1910
Decachorda kitalina Bouvier, 1930
Decachorda mombasana Stoneham, 1962
Decachorda rosea Aurivillius, 1898
Dogoia lunata Holland, 1893
Dogoia unguiculata Bouvier, 1936
Eosia crenulata (Fawcett, 1915)⇒ Eosia insignis Le Cerf, 1911
Eosia digennaroi Bouyer, 2008
Eosia insignis Le Cerf, 1911
Epiphora albidus Druce, 1886
Epiphora antinorii Oberthür, 1880
Epiphora bauhiniae Guérin-Ménev..., 1829African Atlas moth
Epiphora congolana Bouvier, 1929
Epiphora imperator Stoneham, 1933
Epiphora intermedia Rougeot, 1955
Epiphora lugardi Kirby, 1894
Epiphora magdalena Gruenberg, 1909
Epiphora mythimnia Westwood, 1849
Epiphora noigamagetana (Stoneham, 1933)⇒ Epiphora albidus Druce, 1886
Epiphora ploetzi Weymer, 1880
Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
Epiphora rectifascia watulegei Rougeot, 1974
Epiphora rotunda Naumann, 2006
Epiphora vacuna Westwood, 1849
Epiphora watulegei Rougeot, 1974
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) alopia Westwood, 1849
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) anna Maassen & We..., 1885
Gonimbrasia anna anna Maassen, 1885
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) anthina Karsch, 1892
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis Strecker, 1876
Gonimbrasia eblis eblis Strecker, 1876
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) krucki Hering, 1930
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) macrothyris Rothschild, 1906
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) rectilineata Sonthonnax, 1899
Gonimbrasia alicia Stoneham, 1933
Gonimbrasia aniger Stoneham, 1962
Gonimbrasia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978
Gonimbrasia belayneshae Rougeot, 1978
Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849Mopane Moth
Gonimbrasia callophthalma Rougeot, 1979
Gonimbrasia capdevillei Rougeot, 1979
Gonimbrasia chevalia Stoneham, 1933
Gonimbrasia cleoris Jordan, 1910
Gonimbrasia cocaulti Darge & Terral, 1993
Gonimbrasia conradsi Rebel, 1906
Gonimbrasia elgoniana Darge, 2010
Gonimbrasia emini Butler, 1888
Gonimbrasia gueinzii Staudinger, 1872
Gonimbrasia hoehnelii Rogenhofer, 1891
Gonimbrasia jefferyi Bouvier, 1930
Gonimbrasia lunaemons Darge, 2018
Gonimbrasia occidentalis Rothschild, 1907
Gonimbrasia osiris Druce, 1896
Gonimbrasia parva Bouvier, 1930
Gonimbrasia petiveri Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Gonimbrasia rhodina Rothschild, 1907
Gonimbrasia rhodophila Walker, 1869
Gonimbrasia rubrescens (Rebel, 1931)⇒ Gonimbrasia hoehnelii Rogenhofer, 1891
Gonimbrasia staudingeri Aurivillius, 1893
Gonimbrasia staudingeri allardiana Bouyer, 1999
Gonimbrasia staudingeri gabunica Rougeot, 1971
Gonimbrasia tyrrhea Cramer, 1775Willow tree caterpillar
Gonimbrasia wahlbergii (Boisduval, 1847)⇒ Nudaurelia wahlbergina Rougeot, 1972
Gonimbrasia wahlbergii callophthalma Rougeot, 1979
Gonimbrasia xanthofacies Stoneham, 1962
Gonimbrasia xanthomma Rothschild, 1907
Gonimbrasia zambesina Walker, 1865
Goodia smithii Holland, 1897
Goodia unguiculata (Bouvier, 1936)⇒ Dogoia unguiculata Bouvier, 1936
Gynanisa albescens Sonthonnax, 1904
Gynanisa jama Rebel, 1915
Gynanisa kenya Darge, 2008
Gynanisa maja Klug, 1836Chipumi
Gynanisa maja terrali Bouyer, 2001
Gynanisa ndebesiensis (Stoneham, 1962)⇒ Gynanisa maja Klug, 1836
Gynanisa nigra (Bouvier, 1927)⇒ Gynanisa maja Klug, 1836
Gynanisa nigrissima (Stoneham, 1962)⇒ Gynanisa maja Klug, 1836
Gynanisa westwoodi W. Rothschild, 1895
Heniocha bioculata (Aurivillius, 1879)⇒ Heniocha dyops Maassen, 1872
Heniocha dryops (Maassen, 1872)⇒ Heniocha dyops Maassen, 1872
Heniocha dyops Maassen, 1872Marbled Emperor
Heniocha marnois (Rogenhofer, 1891)⇒ Heniocha dyops Maassen, 1872
Holocerina angulata Aurivillius, 1893
Holocerina angulata angulata Aurivillius, 1893
Holocerina angulata istsariensis Stoneham, 1962
Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962
Holocerina nilotica Jordan, 1922
Holocerina smilax Westwood, 1849
Holocerina smilax basquini Darge, 1986
Holocerina smilax smilax Westwood, 1849
Hyperchirioides bulaea Maassen & We..., 1885
Imbrasia allardi Rougeot, 1971
Imbrasia crameri (Drury, 1773)⇒ Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia diomede (Drury, 1773)⇒ Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
Imbrasia nadari (Drury, 1773)⇒ Imbrasia epimethea Drury, 1822
Imbrasia obscura Butler, 1878
Imbrasia paradoxa (Dufrane, 1953)⇒ Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
Imbrasia venus Rebel, 1905
Imbrasia vesperina (Stoneham, 1962)⇒ Imbrasia orientalis Rougeot, 1962
Io tajoraca
Leucopteryx ansorgei Rothschild, 1897
Leucopteryx mollis Butler, 1889
Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849
Lobobunaea alberici (Westwood, 1849)⇒ Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849
Lobobunaea ansorgei Rothschild, 1899
Lobobunaea doogii Bouyer, 2012
Lobobunaea goodi Holland, 1893
Lobobunaea goodii Holland, 1893
Lobobunaea jeanneli (Rougeot, 1959)⇒ Lobobunaea ansorgei Rothschild, 1899
Lobobunaea kuehnei Naumann, 2008
Lobobunaea leopoldi (Bouvier, 1930)⇒ Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849
Lobobunaea orientis Le Cerf, 1922
Lobobunaea phaedusa Drury, 1782
Lobobunaea saturnus Fabricius, 1793
Lobobunaea sorangei Bouyer, 2012
Ludia arguta Jordan, 1922
Ludia delegorguei Boisduval, 1847
Ludia dentata (Hampson, 1891)⇒ Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1893
Ludia hansali Felder, 1874
Ludia hansalii Felder C. & ..., 1874
Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1893
Ludia orinoptena leonardo Stoneham, 1962
Ludia pseudovetusta Rougeot, 1978
Ludia russa (Jordan, 1922)⇒ Ludia arguta Jordan, 1922
Melanocera fumosa Rothschild, 1895
Melanocera menippe Westwood, 1849
Melanocera nereis Rothschild, 1898
Melanocera pinheyi Lemaire & Ro..., 1974
Melanocera sufferti Weymer, 1896
Melanocera widenti Terral & Darge, 1991
Micragone agathylla Westwood, 1849
Micragone cana Aurivillius, 1893
Micragone nubifera Bouvier, 1936
Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
Nudaurelia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978
Nudaurelia belayneshae Rougeot, 1978
Nudaurelia capdevillei Rougeot, 1979
Nudaurelia dione Fabricius, 1793
Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1878
Nudaurelia emini Butler, 1888
Nudaurelia gueinzii Staudinger, 1872
Nudaurelia krucki Hering, 1930
Nudaurelia macrothyris Rothschild, 1906
Nudaurelia wahlbergina Rougeot, 1972
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1893
Orthogonioptilum adiegetum ugandensis Darge, 1988
Parusta thelxinoe Fawcett, 1915
Protogynanisa probsti Bouyer, 2001
Pselaphelia flavivitta Walker, 1862
Pselaphelia gemmifera (Butler, 1878)⇒ Pselaphelia flavivitta Walker, 1862
Pselaphelia laclosi Darge, 2002
Pselaphelia vandenberghei Bouyer, 1992
Pselaphelia vingerhoedti Bouyer, 2008
Pseudaphelia ansorgei Rothschild, 1898
Pseudaphelia apollinaris Boisduval, 1847
Pseudaphelia flavomarginata (Gaede, 1915)⇒ Pseudaphelia apollinaris Boisduval, 1847
Pseudaphelia simplex Rebel, 1906
Pseudobunaea alinda Sonthonnax, 1899
Pseudobunaea alinda deaconi Stoneham, 1962
Pseudobunaea cleopatra Aurivillius, 1893
Pseudobunaea cleopatra orientalis Rougeot, 1974
Pseudobunaea cyrene Weymer, 1909
Pseudobunaea deaconi Stoneham, 1962
Pseudobunaea epithyrena Maassen & We..., 1885
Pseudobunaea heyeri Weymer, 1896
Pseudobunaea irius Fabricius, 1793
Pseudobunaea maculata (Bouvier, 1930)⇒ Pseudobunaea tyrrhena Westwood, 1849
Pseudobunaea natalensis Aurivillius, 1893
Pseudobunaea orientalis Rougeot, 1972
Pseudobunaea pallens Sonthonnax, 1901
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena Westwood, 1849
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena maculata Bouvier, 1930
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena perchromatum Darge, 2003
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena reginamasabae Stoneham, 1962
Rohaniella pygmaea Maassen & We..., 1885Pigmy Emperor
Tagoropsis flavinata Walker, 1865
Tagoropsis flavinata flavinata Walker, 1865
Tagoropsis flavinata septentrionalis Bouyer, 2000
Tagoropsis hanningtoni Butler, 1883
Tagoropsis nzoiana (Stoneham, 1933)⇒ Tagoropsis hanningtoni Butler, 1883
Tagoropsis rougeoti D.S. Fletcher, 1968
Urota flavobrunnea (Stoneham, 1962)⇒ Urota sinope Westwood, 1849
Urota nguruensis Darge, 2011
Urota sinope Westwood, 1849
Usta angulata Rothschild, 1895Angled Emperor
Usta subangulata Bouvier, 1930
Usta terpsichore Maassen & We..., 1885Cavorting Emperor
Usta terpsichore terpsichore Maassen, 1885
Usta wallengrenii C. Felder & ..., 1859
Yatanga smithi Holland, 1892

Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyHemileucinae
Walker, 1855
Buck and Io Moths
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySaturniinae
Boisduval, 1837
Giant Silkworm Moths, Silkmoths
38
222
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