Checklist of Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
for Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 173
726
1001 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 173
726
1001 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 168
718
993 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 106
577
831 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 35
210
303 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 35
210
303 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 34
208
301 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
165
249 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
161
245 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 3
24
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 5
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
5 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
9 Species and 5 Subspecies | Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780 | Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth | | Decachorda fulvia Druce, 1886 | | | Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) anna Maassen & We..., 1885 | | | Gonimbrasia anna anna Maassen, 1885 | | | Gonimbrasia zambesina Walker, 1865 | | | Pseudobunaea epithyrena Maassen & We..., 1885 | | | Pseudobunaea epithyrena epithyrena Maassen, 1885 | | | Pseudobunaea epithyrena melinde Maassen, 1885 | | | Pseudobunaea irius Fabricius, 1793 | | | Pseudobunaea morlandi Rothschild, 1907 | | | Tagoropsis flavinata Walker, 1865 | | | Tagoropsis flavinata flavinata Walker, 1865 | | | Tagoropsis sabulosa Rothschild, 1907 | | | Tagoropsis sabulosa zanzibarica Spitsyn & Bo..., 2022 | |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago
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