Actias sinensis
Chinese moon moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Saturniidae |
Genus: | Actias |
Species: | A. sinensis |
Binomial name | |
Actias sinensis | |
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The Chinese moon moth (Actias sinensis) is a moth of the Family Saturniidae. It is found in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, India and Thailand.[2]
Subspecies
- Actias sinensis sinensis
- Actias sinensis subaurea Kishida, 1993 (northern China)
Gallery
- Actias sinensis from Xingping, Guangxi
References
- Brechlin, R., 2012: six new species of the genus Actias Leach, 1815 from South-East Asia. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5 (3): 41-51.
- Kishida, Y., 1993. Description of a New Subspecies of Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914 from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Gekkan-Mushi (267): 18-20.
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