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Actias selene (Hübner, 1807)

Самец Actias selene

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Saturniidae → subfamily Saturniinae → tribe Saturniini → genus Actias → species Actias selene

Species name(s)

Actias selene (Hübner, 1807) = Echidna selene Hübner, [1807] = Plectropteron dianae Hutton, 1846 = Actias selene seitzi Kalis, 1934 = Actias selene miae Toxopeus, 1944 = Actias selene vandenberghi Roepke, 1956. [9, 85]

Indian Luna Moth.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15136

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan.

Primary colors

Green, Brown/Gray/Black.

Самка Actias selene

Detailed information with references

Larva food plants / other food objects

Representatives of the genera Andromeda, Hibiscus, Juglans, Lannea, Lawsonia, Ligustrum, Mangifera, Moringa, Quercus, Prunus, Pyrus, Salix and Zanthoxylum. [9].
Представители родов Andromeda, Hibiscus, Juglans, Lannea, Lawsonia, Ligustrum, Mangifera, Moringa, Quercus, Prunus, Pyrus, Salix и Zanthoxylum. [85].

Subspecies of Actias selene

Actias selene callandra Jordan, 1911. [187]
A. s. eberti Rougeot, 1969. [187]
A. s. malaisei Bryk, 1944. [187]
A. s. ningpoana Felder, 1862. [187]
A. s. omeishana Watson, 1912. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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Other species Actias

Actias aliena Butler, 1879

Actias artemis Bremer, 1861

Actias arteritis (Bremer & Grey, 1852)

Actias chapae Mell, 1950

Actias distincta Niepelt, 1932

Actias dubernardi (Oberthur, 1897)

Actias felicis Oberthür, 1896

Actias gnoma (Butler, 1877)

Actias groenendaeli (Roepke, 1954)

Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914

Actias isabellae (Graells, 1849)

Actias isis (Sonthonnax, 1897)

Actias kongjiara Chu & Wang, 1993

Actias luna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Actias maenas (Doubleday, 1847)

Actias mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)

Actias mortoni Watson, 1893

Actias neidhoeferi Ong & Yu, 1968

Actias ningpoana C. & R. Felder, 1862

Actias philippinica Naessig & Treadaway, 1997

Actias rhodopneuma (Röber, 1925)

Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855)

Actias sjoqvisti Bryk, 1948.

Actias truncatipennis (Sonthonnax, 1899)

Actias truncatispinus Sonthonnax, 1899

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