Checklist of Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
for Nepal (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 421
4293
12401 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 419
4291
12399 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 401
4205
12212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 278
3567
11127 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 51
1130
2413 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 51
1130
2413 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 50
1123
2401 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 24
860
1913 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
796
1810 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 5
91
221 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 12
32 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nepal
12 Genera with 32 Species | Actias Leach, 1807 | Asian-American moon moths | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Adeloneivaia Travassos, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antheraea Hübner, 1837 | Tussah moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Archaeoattacus Watson, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Attacus Linnaeus, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caligula Moore, 1853 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cricula Walker, 1837 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Loepa Moore, 1865 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodinia Staudinger, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Salassa Moore, 1887 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Samia Hübner, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saturnia Schrank, 1997 | Emperor moths | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nepal
32 Species and 1 Subspecies | Actias maenas Doubleday, 1847 | Malaysian moon moth | | Actias neidhoeferi Ong & Yu, 1968 | | | Actias ningpoana Fielder, 1862 | Chinese moon moth | | Actias selene Hübner, 1807 | Indian Luna Moth | | Actias selene selene Hübner, 1807 | | | Adeloneivaia acuta Schaus, 1896 | | | Antheraea (Antheraea) frithi Moore, 1859 | | | Antheraea (Antheraea) helferi Moore, 1859 | | | Antheraea assamensis Helfer, 1837 | Assam Silkmoth | | Archaeoattacus edwardsii White, 1859 | | | Attacus atlas Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlas Moth | | Caligula anna Moore, 1865 | | | Caligula grotei Moore, 1858 | | | Caligula lindia Moore, 1865 | | | Caligula simla Westwood, 1847 | | | Caligula thibeta Westwood, 1853 | | | Cricula andrei (Jordan, 1909) | ⇒ Cricula trifenestrata Helfer, 1837 | | Cricula trifenestrata Helfer, 1837 | Cricula Silkmoth | | Loepa diversiocellata (Bryk, 1944) | ⇒ Loepa katinka Westwood, 1848 | | Loepa katinka Westwood, 1848 | Golden Emperor Moth | | Loepa miranda Moore, 1865 | | | Loepa paramiranda Brechlin & K..., 2010 | | | Loepa sikkima Moore, 1865 | | | Rhodinia newara Moore, 1872 | | | Salassa aeos | | | Salassa belinda Witt & Pugaev, 2007 | | | Salassa kitchingi Brechlin, 2010 | | | Salassa lola Westwood, 1847 | | | Salassa royi Elwes, 1887 | | | Samia canningi (Hutton, 1859) | ⇒ Samia cynthia Drury, 1773 | | Saturnia (Rinaca) zuleika (Hope, 1843) | ⇒ Rinaca zuleika Hope, 1843 | | Saturnia cidosa Moore, 1865 | | | Saturnia witti Brechlin, 1997 | |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Nepal
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