Checklist for Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 527
6198
14500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 524
6193
14493 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 502
6089
14260 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 316
4628
11471 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 67
1719
4069 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 67
1717
4067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 66
1715
4064 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 25
1028
2345 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 21
897
2062 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 4
43
127 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 4
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sri Lanka
4 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Sri Lanka
10 Species and 1 Subspecies | Actias maenas Doubleday, 1847 | Malaysian moon moth | | Actias selene Hübner, 1807 | Indian Luna Moth | | Actias selene taprobanis Paukstadt & ..., 1999 | | | Antheraea (Antheraea) mylitta Drury, 1773 | Tasar Silkworm | | Antheraea (Antheraea) pernyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1855 | Chinese oak silk moth | | Antheraea cingalesa Moore, 1883 | | | Antheraea paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Antheraea polyphemus Cramer, 1776 | | Attacus atlas Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlas Moth | | Attacus taprobanis Moore, 1882 | | | Cricula ceylonica Jordan, 1909 | | | Cricula trifenestrata Helfer, 1837 | Cricula Silkmoth |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
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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