Array ( [0] => Uttarakhand [1] => Sikkim [2] => West Bengal [3] => Arunachal Pradesh [4] => Assam [5] => Meghalaya [6] => Mizoram [7] => Manipur [8] => Nagaland [9] => Andaman [10] => Bihar [11] => Gujarat [12] => Karnataka [13] => Maharashtra [14] => Tamil Nadu [15] => Uttar Pradesh )

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Saturniidae

Subfamily

Saturniinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Attacini

Genus

Attacus Linnaeus, 1767

Type Species

Phalaena atlas  Linnaeus, 1758

= Arcuata Perry, 1811, Arcana: [Signature Cc7] [199] (TS. Phalaena vitrea Perry, 1811: [Signature Cc7] [199], pl. [51], by monotypy). Phalaena vitrea was proposed unnecessarily as an objective replacement name for Phalaena atlas Linnaeus, 1758, which Perry thought inappropriate; thus, Arcuata Perry, 1811, which was made available for a subgenus of Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758, is a junior objective synonym of Attacus Linnaeus (Fletcher & Nye 1982).

Species/Subspecies

Attacus atlas Linnaeus, 1758 (Phalaena)

Type Locality

Originally “Citro Asiae, Americae”, however, Peigler (1989) designated neotype from “Bogor, Djawa [Java], Indonesia”

= Phalaena vitrea Perry, 1811: pl. [51] (Replacement name)
= Attacus talas Hübner, [1819] 1820: 156 (TL. Kwangtung)
= Saturnia silhetica Helfer, 1837: 43 (TL. Khasia Hills)
= Attacus atlas major Dusuzeau & Sonthonnax, 1897 (Infrasubspecific)
= Attacus atlas minor Dusuzeau & Sonthonnax, 1897 (Infrasubspecific)
= Attacus atlas gladiator Fruhstorfer, 1904: 169 (TL. Singapore; Siam)
= Attacus atlas sumatranus Fruhstorfer, 1904: 169 (TL. W. Sumatra)
= Attacus atlas mannus Fruhstorfer, 1904: 169 (TL. N. Borneo)
= Attacus atlas triumphator Fruhstorfer, 1904: 169 (TL. E. Java)
= Attacus atlas roseus Fruhstorfer, 1904: 169 (TL. W. Java)
= Attacus atlas atlantis Watson, 1910: 145 – 147 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Attacus atlas bifenestratus Gschwandner, 1920: 59 (TL. Philippinen) (Infrasubspecific name)
= Attacus trifenestratus Gschwandner, 1920: 59 (TL. Philippinen) (Infrasubspecific name)
= Attacus burmaensis Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920: 177 (TL. Burma, Siam)
= Attacus atlas interruptus-conjunctus Gschwandner, 1920 (Infrasubspecific)
= Attacus baliensis Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1921: 12 (TL. Bali)
= Attacus rotundus Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920: 10 (TL. Batjan)
= Attacus strandi Schüssler in Strand, 1933a: 15 (TL. Nord-Indien)
= Attacus atlas opaca Bouvier, 1936: 328 (TL. Sumatra)
= Attacus atlas incerta Bouvier, 1936: 329 (TL. Sumatra)
= Attacus atlas tonkinensis Bouvier, 1936: 330 (TL. Tonkin) (Infrasubspecific name)
= Attacus atlas chinensis Bouvier, 1936: 330 (TL. Hong Kong)
= Attacus atlas pallida Bouvier, 1936: 330 (TL. Java)
= Attacus atlas simplex Bouvier, 1936: 330 (TL. Sumatra)
= Attacus varia Bouvier, 1936: 329 (TL. Annam)
= Attacus atlas javanensis Bouvier, 1936: 330 (TL. Java)
= Attacus atlas formosanus Villiard, 1969: 94 (TL. Sun-Moon Lake, Taiwan (Neotype by Inoue (1992))
= Attacus atlas ryukyuensis Inoue, 1992: 325 (TL. Yonaguni, Okinawa)

Remarks

From Oriental tropics to Sundaland. Attacus atlas ranges from lowland forests to upper montane at around 2000 m. (Holloway 1987).

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Andaman, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, Islands, North East, Semi Arid, Western Ghats

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