Antheraea castanea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Antheraea
Subgenus: Antheraea (Antheraeopsis)
Species: Antheraea castanea

Name

Antheraea castanea Jordan, 1910: 470

Type locality: Khasia Hills, Assam.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. Rothschild Bequest B.M.1939-1.

Synonyms

• Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) castanea Jordan, 1910 (alternative representation)
• Antheraea mezops Bryk, 1944 (synonymized by Naumann, Nässig & Löffler, 2008)

References

Primary references

• Jordan, K. 1910. New Saturniidae. Novitates Zoologicae 17(3): 470–475. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Naumann, S., Nässig, W.A. & Löffler, S. 2008. Notes on the identity of Loepa katinka diversiocellata Bryk, 1944 and description of a new species, with notes on preimaginal morphology and some taxonomic remarks on other species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 29(3): 149–162. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page. 
• Paukstadt, U., Paukstadt, L.H. & Brosch, U. 1998. Taxonomische Änderungen und Anmerkungen zu den Taxa der Gattung Antheraea Hübner [1819] von Sumatera, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 108(8): 317–324. Abstract. Reference page.