Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea
Saturniidae
Saturniinae
Saturniini
Actias Leach in Leech & Nodder, 1815
Phalaena luna Linnaeus, 1758
= Astias; Leach (1815: 26) (an incorrect (of multiple) original spelling of Actias)
= Echidna Hübner, [1807] 1806: pl. [173] (TS. Echidna selene Hübner, [1807] 1806: pl. [173], by monotypy. Echidna Hübner is a junior homonym of Echidna Forster, 1788 (Pisces). There is no objective replacement name, but E. selene is conspecific with Plectropteron dianae Hutton, 1846, the type-species of Plectropteron Hutton, 1846; the latter is thus available for use as a subjective replacement name) (Fletcher & Nye 1982).
= Tropaea Hübner, [1819] 1816: 152 (TS. Phalaena luna Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Grote (1895). Tropaea is a junior objective synonym of Actias)
= Meceura Billberg, 1820: 83 (TS. Phalaena luna Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy. Meceura is a junior objective synonym of Actias)
= Artemis Kirby & Spence, 1826: 248 (TS. Phalaena luna Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy. Artemis is a junior objective synonym of Actias)
= Plectropteron Hutton, 1846: 60 (TS. Plectropteron dianae Hutton, 1846: 60, by monotypy)
= Euandrea Watson, 1913: 42 (TS. Tropaea dubernardi Oberthür, 1897: 130, 174, by original designation)
= Sonthonnaxia Watson, 1913: 42 (TS. Actias maenas Doubleday, 1847: 95, by original designation)
= Proactias Arora & Gupta, 1979: 8 (Key), 15 (TS. Tropaea sinensis Walker, 1855: 1264, by original designation)
Actias selene selene Hübner, 1807 (Echidna)
India
= Plectropteron dianae Hutton, 1846: 60 (TL. India)
= Actias astarte Maassen & Weymer, [1872]: 2, fig. 16 (TL. East India)
Distribution
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, Islands, North East, Semi Arid, Western Ghats