Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Saturniidae

Subfamily

Saturniinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Saturniini

Genus

Saturnia Schrank, 1802

Type Species

Bombyx pyri [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

= Heraea Hübner, [1806]: 1(rej) (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1926: Opinion 97, 19). Only included species is Bombyx carpini [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= Pavonia Hübner, [1819] 1816: 157 (TS. Bombyx carpini [Denis & Schiffermüller]: 50, by subsequent designation by Ferguson (1972))
= Nyctaon Billberg, 1820: 83 (TS. Phaelaena major Linnaeus, 1758: 496, 497, by subsequent designation by Tams (1939)) (nomen oblitum)
= Heraea Hübner, 1822: 15, 19 (TS. Bombyx carpini [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, by subsequent designation by Grote (1874)) (Heraea is a junior objective synonym of Pavonia).
= Eudia Jordan, [1911]: 222 (TS. Phalaena pavonia Linnaeus, 1758: 496, by original designation)

Species/Subspecies

Saturnia cidosa Moore, 1865

Type Locality

“N.E. India”

Distribution

Specific Records

northeastern India

States/Union Territories

Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

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