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Recent treatises on or checklists of the Saturniidae of
Taiwan were published by the following authors:
H. Y. Wang (1988):
[Saturniid moths of Taiwan]
[in Chinese language] Taiwan Museum, Taipei, [4] + 69 pp., many colour illustrations no ISBN available already sold out? |
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Owada, M., &
Wang H. Y. (1992): 117. Saturniidae.
P. 156 in: Heppner, J. B., & Inoue, H. (eds.), Lepidoptera of Taiwan. Volume 1 Part 2: Checklist. Gainesville (ATL/Scientif. Publ.), 276 pp. ISBN 0-945417-77-2 Also available from Erich BAUER, Antiquariat Goecke & Evers. |
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H. Y. Wang ([1994]):
Illustrations of giant silkmoths & carpenter moths in Taiwan
[in Chinese language] [4] + 137 pp., many colour illustrations ISBN 957-531-334-8 Available from Erich BAUER, Antiquariat Goecke & Evers. |
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R. S. Peigler &
H. Y. Wang (1996): Saturniid moths of southeastern Asia
[more or less bilingual in Chinese and English] The Taiwan Museum, Taipei. [7] + 262 pp., many colour illustrations ISBN 957-9497-52-4/-53-2 Available from Erich BAUER, Antiquariat Goecke & Evers. |
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H. Y. Wang &
J. Y. Lee (1998): Lepidoptera of Guisandao Islet
[in Chinese language] I-Lan County Museum of Natural History, [5] + 166 pp., many colour illustrations no ISBN available Available from Erich BAUER, Antiquariat Goecke & Evers. |
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At present the following species of Saturniidae
are known from Taiwan:
Systematic
arrangement according to the order used in the more recent Sumatran
and Philippine Saturniidae faunas.
Comments are listed and explained in footnotes following the list. — See also the disclaimer below. — References see at the end. |
Owada & Wang (1992, see above) listed 16 species of Saturniidae for Taiwan; here we show XX species based on the present knowledge.
Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802
Family Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily Saturniinae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe Attacini Blanchard, 1840
Genus Attacus Linnaeus, 1767
Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758)Genus Archaeoattacus Watson, 1914(see footnote 1)
Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White, 1859)Genus Samia Hübner, [1819] 1816
Archaeoattacus staudingeri (Rothschild, 1895)
Samia spec. 1 (see footnote 2)Tribe Saturniini Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Samia spec. 2 (see footnote 2)
Actias maenas (Doubleday, 1847)Genus Saturnia Schrank, 1802
Actias selene (Hübner, 1806) (see footnote 3)
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibeta Westwood, 1853 (see footnote 4)Subgenus Saturnia Schrank, 1802
Saturnia (Saturnia) cameronensis Lemaire, 1979 (see footnote 5)Genus Loepa Moore, 1859
Loepa megacore Jordan, 1911 (see footnote 6)Genus Cricula Walker, 1855
Loepa sikkima javanica Mell, 1938 (see footnote 7)
Cricula elaezia Jordan, 1909 (see footnote 8)Genus Antheraea Hübner, [1819] 1816
Cricula cameronensis U. & L.H. Paukstadt, 1998 (see footnote 9)
Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer, 1837) (see footnote 10)
Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) youngi Watson, 1915 (see footnote 11)Subgenus Antheraea Hübner, [1819] 1816
Antheraea (Antheraea) larissa (Westwood, 1847)Genus Lemaireia Nässig & Holloway, 1987(see footnote 18)
Antheraea (Antheraea) platessa Rothschild, 1903 (see footnote 12)
Antheraea (Antheraea) gschwandneri Niepelt, 1918 (species-complex?) (see footnote 13)
Antheraea (Antheraea) ulrichbroschi U. & L.H. Paukstadt, 1999 (see footnote 14)
Antheraea (Antheraea) rosieri (Toxopeus, 1940) (see footnote 15)
Antheraea (Antheraea) helferi borneensis Moore, 1892 (see footnote 16)
Antheraea (Antheraea) diehli Lemaire, 1979
Antheraea (Antheraea) (pernyi) roylii korintjiana Bouvier, 1928 (see footnote 17)
Antheraea (Antheraea) lampei Nässig & Holloway, 1989 (see footnote 17)
Lemaireia loepoides (Butler, 1880)
Important Note/Disclaimer: The taxonomic changes proposed here within this web page are not proposed as valid taxonomic acts in accordance with the Code; they are only suggestions to promote the ongoing discussion among the specialists. Real changes must await a publication in print.
References see below!
References
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Compiled & published 30. December 1999–9. June 2000, last changes 9. June 2000, 18. January 2002, 29.V.2018 |