Attacus atlas

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: Attacini
Genus: Attacus
Species: Attacus atlas
Subspecies: A. a. atlas – A. a. formosanus – A. a. ryukyuensis
Remarks: The species has several subspecies, and the subspecific taxonomy has been disputed.

Name

Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

Phalaena Bombyx Atlas Linnaeus, 1758: 495
- Type locality: “Citro Aſiæ, Americæ”, restricted to Bogor, Java (Neotype by Peigler, 1989).
Attacus atlas formosanus Villiard, 1969: 94–95
- Type locality: Sun-Moon Lake, Taiwan (Neotype by Inoue, 1992).
Attacus atlas ryukyuensis Inoue, 1992: 325–326
- Type locality: Yonaguni Is., Okinawa.

References

Inoue, H. 1992. A new subspecies of Attacus atlas (Linneaeus) (Saturniidae) from the Ryukyu islands, Japan. Japan Heterocerists' Journal 169: 325-326. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Peigler, R.S. 1989. A revision of the Indo-Australian genus Attacus. Lepidoptera Research Foundation.
Villiard, P. 1969. Moths and How to Rear Them. Funk & Wagnalls, New York.
A checklist of the Lepidoptera. Swedish Museum of Natural History

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Atlasspinner
English: Atlas moth
français: Atlas
日本語: ヨナグニサン
Nederlands: Atlasvlinder
norsk: Atlasspinner
русский: Павлиноглазка Атлас
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ: ᱵᱷᱟᱹᱨᱩᱣᱟᱹ
svenska: Atlasspinnare, atlasfjäril
ไทย: ผีเสื้อยักษ์, ผีเสื้อหนอนใบกระท้อน
中文: 皇蛾; 烏臼大蠶蛾

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