Rothschildia erycina (Shaw, [1796])
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Saturniidae → subfamily Saturniinae → tribe Attacini → genus Rothschildia → species Rothschildia erycina
Species name(s)
Rothschildia erycina (Shaw, [1796]) = Bombyx splendens Palisot de Beauvois, 1805. [9, 85]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15840
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.
Subspecies of Rothschildia erycina
- Rothschildia erycina luciana Rothschild, 1907. [9]
- R. e. mexicana Draudt, 1929. [9]
- R. e. nigrescens Rothschild, 1907. [9]
- R. e. vinacea Rothschild, 1907. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Konstantin Kraevsky. The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
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