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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

Synonyms
Cercophanidae
Oxytenidae
Homonyms
Saturniidae
Saturniidae
Common names
Giant Silkworm Moths in English
Giant Silkworm Moths in English
Giant Silkworm Moths in English
Natpåfugleøjer in Danish
Royal Moths in English
Royal Moths in English
giant silkworm moths in English
nachtpauwogen in Dutch
riikinkukkokehrääjät in Finnish
royal moths in English
Emperor, Royal, Moon, And Giant Silk Moths in English
Emperor, Royal, Moon, And Giant Silk Moths in English
påfuglspinnarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
påfuglspinnere in Norwegian Bokmål
påfågelspinnare in Swedish
påfågelsspinnare in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Elmquist, Liljeberg, Top-Jensen & Fibiger (2011) Sveriges fjärilar - En fälthandbok över Sveriges samtliga dag- och nattfjärilar.
  2. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1170 Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (Lepidoptera) placed on Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(2), 95-97 (1981)
  4. 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.
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. de Jong (2013) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web: version 2.6.2
  8. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  9. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  10. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  11. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
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