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Antheraea Hübner, [1819]

Antheraea Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 152, TS: Phalaena mylitta Drury
Telea Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 154, TS: Phalaena polyphemus Cramer

= ; [NACL, 109]

Metosamia Druce, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 9 (52) : 276, TS: Metosamia godmani Druce

= ; [NACL, 109]

Antheraeopsis Wood-Mason, 1886; Ann. Rep. Indian Mus. 1885-1886: 21, TS: Saturnia assama Westwood
Carmenta Weymer, 1906; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 19 (2) : 74 (preocc. Carmenta Edwards, 1881), TS: Antheraea cordifolia Weymer
Loepantheraea Toxopeus, 1940; Ent. Meded. Ned.-Ind. 6: 59, TS: Loepantheraea rosieri Toxopeus
Antheraea, Saturniidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Antherea ; Herrich-Schäffer, [1858], Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1: 61 (missp.)
Thelea ; Gauckler, 1898, (missp.)
Antheraea ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 184; [MOB3, 98]
Antheraea (Saturniini) ; [NACL, 109]; [MABL]

Antheraea yamamai (Guénerin-Méneville, 1861)

Japan, Ceylon, N.India, hu, au, Yugoslavia. See [About maps] Japanintammisilkkikehrääjä Japanese Oak Silkmoth (larva) Japanese Oak Silkworm Japanischer Eichenseidenspinner Saturnie du Chêne du Japon Bombyx Yamamai tölgy-selyemlepke
yamamai (Guénerin-Méneville, 1861); , TL: Japan
Antheraea yamamai, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Antheraea yamamai yamamai, Saturniidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]

Originally in Japan, imported elsewhere.

Larva on Quercus [BSW]

Antheraea pernyi (Guénerin-Méneville, 1855)

Amur - S.China, SWEU, Japan. See [About maps] Kiinantammisilkkikehrääjä Chinesischer Seidenspinner Chinese Oak Silkmoth Le Ver à Soie Tussah
pernyi (Guénerin-Méneville, 1855); , TL: N.China
Antheraea pernyi, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Antheraea pernyi pernyi, Saturniidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]

1000x796 (~89Kb) larva India, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 29.06.1979, © Pertti Pakkanen

Originally in Amur, Imported into Europe.

Larva on Quercus, Fagus, Betula, Aesculus [BSW]

Antheraea helferi Moore, 1858-59

NE.Himalaya, Sundaland. See [About maps] Antheraea helferi Moore, 1858-59; in Horsfield & Moore, 397
Antheraea borneensis Moore, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 9: 451
Antheraea imperator Watson, 1913; Notes Leyden Mus., 35: 184
Antheraea helferi javanensis Bouvier, 1930; Bull. Hill. Mus. Witley, 4: 91
Antheraea helferi borneensis ; Allen, 1981, 114; Holloway, 1982, 193; Lampe, 1985, 10
Antheraea helferi ; [MOB3, 99]

Antheraea diehli Lemaire, 1979

Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia. See [About maps] Antheraea diehli Lemaire, 1979; Lambillionea, 78, TL: 89
Antheraea diehli ; Allen, 1981, 115; Holloway, 1982, 194; Lampe, 1985, 11; [MOB3, 100]

Antheraea larissa (Westwood, 1847)

Sundaland. See [About maps] Saturnia larissa Westwood, 1847; Cabinet Oriental Entomology, p. 49
Antheraea ridlyi Moore, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 9: 452
Antheraea delegata Swinhoe, 1893; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 12: 210
Antheraea larissa ; Allen, 1981, 115; Lampen, 1985, 11; [MOB3, 100]

Larva on Shorea glauca [MOB3]

Antheraea assamensis Helfer, 1837

India, Burma, Sundaland. See [About maps] Muga Silkworm?
Antheraea assamensis Helfer, 1837; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 6: 43
Antheraea brunnea van Eecke, 1922; Zool. Meded. Mus. Leiden 6: 99
Antheraea youngi Watson, 1915; Tijdschr. Ent., 58: 279
Antheraea perotteti Guerin-Meneville, 1843; Mag. Zool. (2) 5 (9): 1
Saturnia assama Westwood, 1848; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: 41, TL: Assam
Antheraea mezankooria Moore, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3), 1: 318
Antheraea brunnea subvelata Bouvier, 1930; Bull. Hill. Mus., Witley, 4: 92
Antheraea assamensis mezops Bryk, 1944; Arkiv. Zoll. 35A, 8: 7
Antheraea assamensis rubigenea Toxopeus, 1940; Ent. Meded. Ned-Ind., 6: 14
Antheraea assamensis youngi ; Allen, 1981, 117; Lampe, 1985, 12
Antheraea assamensis ; [MOB3, 101]

Larva on Cinnamomum, Laurus, Litsea, Persea, Magnolia, Michelia, Quercus, Sarcostemma, Symplocos, (for Indian) [MOB3, Arora & Gupta, 1979]

Antheraea jana (Stoll, 1782)

Sundaland, Burma. See [About maps] Attacus jana Stoll, 1782; Uitlandsche Kapellen, 4: 220
Antheraea jana platesse Rothschild, 1903; Novit. Zool., 10: 311
Antheraea jana fusca Rothschild
Antheraea jana fusca ; Allen, 1981, 117; Barlow, 1982, 50; Lampe, 1985, 13
Antheraea jana ; [MOB3, 101]

?Antheraea roylei (Moore, 1859)

S.China. See [About maps]

Antheraea korintjiana Bouvier, 1928

Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia. See [About maps] Antheraea roylei korintjiana Bouvier, 1928; Bull. Hill. Mus. Witley, 2: 122, 135
Antheraea pernyi korintjiana ; Allen, 118
Antheraea roylei korintjiana ; Lampe, 13
Antheraea korintjiana ; [MOB3, 102]

Larva on Betula, Cyperus, Daphniphyllum, Quercus, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Euodia, (roylei Moore) [MOB3, Arora & Gupta, 1979]

Antheraea celebensis Watson, 1915

Sulawesi, Sundaland. See [About maps] Antheraea rumphii celebensis Watson, 1915; Tijdschr. ent., 58: 280
Antheraea gschwandneri Niepelt, 1918; in Strand, Lep. Niepelt. 2, Nactraag 1: pl. 18
Antheraea cordifolia sumatrana Niepelt, 1926; Int. ent. Z., 20: 257
Antheraea frithi javanensis Bouvier, 1928; Bull. Hill. Mus., Witley, 2: 137
Antheraea frithi ; sensu Holloway, 1976, 85
Antheraea celebensis ; Holloway, 1981, 124; Lampe, 1985, 12; [MOB3, 103]

Antheraea cordifolia Weymer, 1906

Celebes. See [About maps] Antheraea cordifolia Weymer, 1906; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 19 (2) : 71, TL: Celebes

Antheraea moultoni Watson, 1927

Borneo. See [About maps] Antheraea moultoni Watson, 1927; Entomologist, 60: 35
Antheraea moultoni ; [MOB3, 103]

Antheraea alleni Holloway, 1987

Borneo. See [About maps] Antheraea alleni Holloway, 1987; [MOB3, 104], TL: Brunei, 1618m, Bukit Retak
Antheraea moultoni ; sensu Allen, 1981, 116; sensu Holloway, 1981, 125

Antheraea brunei Allen & Holloway, 1986

Borneo, Palawan. See [About maps] Antheraea brunei Allen & Holloway, 1986; Brunei Mus. J. 1985, 6(1): 131-134
Antheraea brunei ; [MOB3, 105]

Antheraea rosieri (Toxopeus, 1940)

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo. See [About maps] Loepantheraea rosieri Toxopeus, 1940; Ent. Meded. Ned.-Ind. 6: 59, TL: Sumatra, Giesting, Wai Teboe
Loepantheraea rosieri ; Allen, 1981, 118; Holloway, 1982, 193; Lampe, 1985, 14
Antheraea rosieri ; [MOB3, 105]

Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer, [1775])

-. See [About maps] Polyphemus Moth
Phalaena polyphemus Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 8, pl. 5, f. A, B
polypheme (Hübner, 1819)

= ; [NACL, #7757]

flava (Grote, 1903)

= ; [NACL, #7757]

fumosus (Wurster, 1930)

= ; [NACL, #7757]

wilfriedi (Sageder, 1933)

= ; [NACL, #7757]

brunnea (Sageder, 1933)

= ; [NACL, #7757]

nigra (Schüssler, 1936)

= ; [NACL, #7757]

albida (Bouvier, 1936)

= ; [NACL, #7757]

intermedia (Bouvier, 1936)

= ; [NACL, #7757]

Antheraea polyphemus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Antheraea polyphemus, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Antheraea polyphemus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Antheraea polyphemus, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Antheraea polyphemus, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Antheraea polyphemus, Saturniidae of North America [Bill Oehlke]
Antheraea polyphemus ; [NACL, #7757]

Misidentified/misapplied:

fenestra Linnaeus, 1758; Perry, 1811

1280x960 (~274Kb) upperside CANADA: Nova Scotia, Waverley, 2.7.2004, Photo © Peter Payzant

700x705 (~48Kb) underside CANADA: Nova Scotia, Waverley, 2.7.2004, Photo © Peter Payzant

Larva on Betula, Salix, Acer, Quercus [SMNA]

A. p. oculea (Neumoegen, 1883)

Arizona, Mexico, ...? oculea (Neumoegen, 1883)
aurelia (Druce, 1892)

= ; [NACL, #7757b]

Antheraea oculea, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Antheraea oculea, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Antheraea oculea, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Antheraea oculea, Saturniidae of North America [Bill Oehlke]
Antheraea oculea ;
Antheraea polyphemus oculea ; [NACL, #7757b]; [MABL]

Larva on Quercus oblongifolia, Q. emoryi, Juglans major [SMNA]

A. p. olivacea (Cockerell, 1914)

nigrescens (Schüssler, 1936)

= ; [NACL, #7757a]

vinacea (Schüssler, 1936)

= ; [NACL, #7757a]

Antheraea polyphemus olivacea ; [NACL, #7757a]

A. p. mexicana Hoffman, 1942

Mexico, ...? Antheraea polyphemus mexicana ; [MABL]

A. p. tuxtlasensis Balcazár & Vázquez, 1994

Mexico, ...? Antheraea polyphemus tuxtlasensis ; [MABL]

Antheraea godmani (Druce, 1892)

Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Metosamia godmani Druce, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 9 (52) : 277, TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
Antheraea godmani ; [MABL]

Antheraea montezuma (Sallé, 1856)

Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Saturnia montezuma Sallé, 1856; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1856 : xcii [92], TL: Mexico, Orizaba
Samia montezuma ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 191
Antheraea montezuma ; [MABL]

Antheraea semperi C. & R. Felder, 1861

Philippines. See [About maps] Antheraea semperi C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (10) : 305, TL: Luzon

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References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BSW]

de Freina, J. J., Witt, T. J, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1

[Bill Oehlke]

Saturniidae; e-mail: Bill Oehlke; http://www3.pei.sympatico.ca/oehlkew

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Lynn Scott]

Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images

[MABL]

Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MOB3]

Holloway, J. D, 1987; The Moths of Borneo, Part 3; Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae; (1998 reprint)

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[Peter Payzant]

Canada; http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/profile

[SMNA]

Tuskes, Paul M., Tuttle, James P., Collins, Michael M.; The wild silk moths of North America

[Tony Pittaway]

WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)

Some related literature:

Cramer, [1775]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)

Druce, 1892

Description of a new Genus and some new Speices of Heterocera from Central America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 9 (52) : 275-279

Drury, 1773

Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2 : 1-90, pl. 1-50

C. & R. Felder, 1861

Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (1) Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (10) : 297-306

Godman & Salvin, 1886

Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101

Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]

Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1850-[1869]: Heterocera (Nachfalter) Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1 (1): pl. 1-4, f. 1-17 (1853), 1 (2): pl. 5-8, f. 18-38 (1853), 1 (3): pl. 9-12, f. 39-51 (1853), 1 (4): pl. 13-16, f. 52-76 (1853), 1 (5): pl. 17-20, f. 77-97 (1854), 1 (6): pl. 21-24, f. 98-114 (1854), 1 (7): pl. [25-28], f. 115-138 (1854), 1 (8): pl. [29-32], f. 139-153 (1854), 1 (9): pl. [33-36], f. 154-173 (1854), 1 (10): pl. [37-40], f. 174-201 (1854), 1 (11): pl. [41-44], f. 202-231 (1854), 1 (12): pl. [45-48], f. 232-258 (1854), 1 (13-17): pl. 49-68, f. 259-390 (1855), 1 (?18): pl. [69], f. 391-396 (1858), 1 (?19): pl. [70], f. 397-403 (1858), 1 (?20-21): pl. 71-78, f. 404-451 (1855), 1 (?22): pl. [79], f. 452-458 (1858), 1 (23-25): pl. 80-94, f. 459-540 (1856), 1 (26): pl. [95-96], f. 541-551 (1858), 1: 1-52 (1856), 1: 53-84 (1858), 2: pl. [97-100], f. 552-571 (1869)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Moore, 1877

The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 580-632, pl. 58-60

Prashanth & Veenakumari, 2002

Biology of Antheraea andamana on the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean J. Lep. Soc. 56 (3): 123-128

Sallé, 1856

[no title] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1856 : xcii,[92]

Westwood, 1848

The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, being... Cabinet Orient. Ent.: [2] + 2 + 88pp, 42 pls (in parts)

Weymer, 1906

Zwei neue Saturnide Dt. ent. Z. Iris 19 (2) : 71-76

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