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Samia Hübner, [1819]

Samia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 156, TS: Phalaena cynthia Drury
Philosamia Grote, 1874; Proc. Am. phil. Soc. 14: 258, TS: Phalaena cynthia Drury
Desgodinsia Oberthür, 1914; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 9 (2): 56 (preocc. Desgodinsia Senna, 1894 (Coleoptera)), TS: Desgodinsia watsoni Oberthür
Samia, Saturniidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Samia (Attacini) ; [NACL, 109]
Samia ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 191; [MOB3, 112]

Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)

CEU, China, India, Malaysia, Indochina, Java, Japan, Philippines, NENA. See [About maps] Ailanthuskehrääjä Ailanthus Silkmoth Cynthia Silkmoth (larva) Ailanthus Silkworm Ailanthusspinner Bombyx de l'Ailante bálványfa-pávaszem
Phalaena cynthia Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: 10, index [1], pl. 6, f. 2
advena (Watson, 1912)

= ; [NACL, #7759]

alboabdominalis (Schüssler, 1926)

= ; [NACL, #7759]

Samia viridis Mezger, 1928

= ; [NACL, #7759]

Samia bicolorata Mezger, 1928

= ; [NACL, #7759]

Samia punctata Mezger, 1928

= ; [NACL, #7759]

Samia fenestrella Mezger, 1928

= ; [NACL, #7759]

Samia cynthia, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Samia cynthia, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Samia cynthia, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Samia cynthia cynthia, Saturniidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Samia cynthia ; [NACL, #7759]

1000x770 (~89Kb) larva India, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 10.08.1980 © Pertti Pakkanen

1000x648 (~74Kb) larva India, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 24.08.1980 © Pertti Pakkanen

Larva on Ailanthus glanduosa, Sambucus, Juglans, Prunus, Ligustrum, Forcythia, Ricinus, Laburnum, Sorbus, Syringa, Magnolia, laurus [BSW]

Larva on Ailanthus altissima [SMNA]

S. c. walkeri (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

cynthia walkeri (C. & R. Felder, 1862); , TL: China, Ningpo Mts

Samia tetrica (Rebel, 1923)

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia. See [About maps] Philosamia cynthia tetrica Rebel, 1923; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 73: 109
Philosamia cynthia borneensis Rebel, 1925; Annls naturh. Mus. Wien 39: 168
Samia borneensis ; Allen, 1981, Brunei Mus. J. 5 (1): 111; Holloway, 1982, in Barlow, Intr. Moths of South East Asia. Taxonomic app.: 192; Lampe, 1985, Malayan Saturniidae ...: 8
Samia tetrica ; [MOB3, 113]

?Samia luzonica Watson

Philippines, Sulawesi. See [About maps] luzonica Watson; (Philippines)
?mindanaensis Rebel; (Philippines)
?vandenberghi Watson; (Sulawesi)
; [MOB3, 114 (note)]

Samia watsoni (Oberthür, 1914)

W.China. See [About maps] Desgodinsia watsoni Oberthür, 1914; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 9 (2): 56, pl. 256, f. 2159, TL: Ta-tsien-lou

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly 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

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[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

[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)

[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

[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:

Allen, 1981

The saturniid moths of Borneo with special reference to Brunei Brunei Mus. J. 5 (1): 100-126

Drury, 1773

Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: 90pp, 50pls

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. 1-64

Grote, 1874

List of the North American Platypterices, Attaci, hemileucini, Ceratocampadae, Lachneides, Teredines, and Hepiali, with notes Proc. Am. phil. Soc. 14: 256-264

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])

Lampe, 1985

Malayan Saturniidae from the Cameron and Genting Highlands. A guide for collectors Malayan Saturniidae ...: -

Oberthür, 1914

Lépidoptères de la région sino-thibétaine Etud. Lépid. Comp. 9 (2): 41-60, pl. 251-257

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