Rothschildia aurota (Cramer, [1775])

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Saturniidae → subfamily Saturniinae → tribe Attacini → genus Rothschildia → species Rothschildia aurota
Species name(s)
Rothschildia aurota (Cramer, [1775]) = Phalaena aurota Cramer, [1775]. [9, 85]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15833
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina [22].
Subspecies of Rothschildia aurota
- Rothschildia aurota andensis Rothschild, 1907. [9]
- R. a. speculifer Walker, 1855. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Konstantin Kraevsky. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [22] Saturniidae World (saturniidae-web.de), 2011
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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