Saturniidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

<i>Icones historiques des Lépidoptères nouveaux ou peu connus.</i> Paris, Roret, <b>2</b>: 170

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Lepidoptera

family

Saturniidae

Name

Homonyms

Saturniidae

Common names

emperor moths in language.

giant silkworm moths in language.

giant silkworm moths in English

nachtpauwogen in Dutch

royal moths in English

påfågelsspinnare in Swedish

påfågelspinnare in Swedish

Bibliographic References

1. Elmquist, H., Liljeberg, G., Top-Jensen, M. & Fibiger, M. (2011) Sveriges fjärilar - En fälthandbok över Sveriges samtliga dag- och nattfjärilar. Østermarie 2011. 749 pp.
2. Fauna Europaea (2013) Fauna Europaea, v. 2.6.2: http://www.faunaeur.org/
3. Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer).
4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1170 Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (Lepidoptera) placed on Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(2), 95-97 (1981)
5. Lemaire, Claude, and Joël Minet / Kristensen, N. P., ed., 1999: Chapter 18: The Bombycoidea and their relatives. Handbook of Zoology, vol. 4: Arthropoda: Insecta, part 35: Lepidoptera, Moths and butterflies, vol. 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. 321-353.
6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
8. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
9. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
10. as per synonymized taxon
11. as per synonymized taxon
12. refer synonym source