Samia

Samia Hübner, [1819]

Samia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 156; TS: Phalaena cynthia Drury
Philosamia Grote, 1874; Proc. Am. phil. Soc. 14: 258; TS: Phalaena cynthia Drury
Desgodinsia Oberthür, 1914; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9 (2): 56 (preocc. Desgodinsia Senna, 1894 (Coleoptera)); TS: Desgodinsia watsoni Oberthür

Samia, Saturniidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]

Samia (Attacini); [NACL], 109
Samia; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 191; [MOB3], 112

Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)

CEU, China, India, Malaysia, Indochina, Java, Japan, Philippines, NENA. See [maps] Ailanthuskehrääjä Ailanthus Silkmoth Cynthia Silkmoth (larva) Ailanthus Silkworm Ailanthusspinner Bombyx de l'Ailante bálványfa-pávaszem

Phalaena cynthia Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: 10, index [1], pl. 6, f. 2
?Attacus obscurus Butler, 1879; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1): 5; TL: Cachar, NE.India
- = ; [NHM card]
advena (Watson, 1912)
- = ; [NACL], #7759
alboabdominalis (Schüssler, 1926)
- = ; [NACL], #7759
Samia viridis Mezger, 1928
- = ; [NACL], #7759
Samia bicolorata Mezger, 1928
- = ; [NACL], #7759
Samia punctata Mezger, 1928
- = ; [NACL], #7759
Samia fenestrella Mezger, 1928
- = ; [NACL], #7759

Samia cynthia, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Samia cynthia, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
Samia cynthia, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Samia cynthia, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Samia cynthia, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Samia cynthia, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Samia cynthia cynthia, Saturniidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]

Samia cynthia; [NACL], #7759

S. c. walkeri (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

Attacus walkeri C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (2): 34; TL: China, Ningpo Mts
?Samia cynthia walkeri f. radiata Closs, 1917; Ent. Mitt. 6 (4/6): 130, pl. 5, f. 6

Samia tetrica (Rebel, 1923)

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia. See [maps]

Philosamia cynthia tetrica Rebel, 1923; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 73 (s.b): 109
Philosamia cynthia borneensis Rebel, 1925; Ann. naturh. Mus. Wien 39: 168

Samia tetrica, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

Samia borneensis; Allen, 1981, Brunei Mus. J. 5 (1): 111; Holloway, 1982, in Barlow, Intr. Moths of South East Asia. Taxonomic app.: 192; Lampe, 1985, Malayan Saturniidae ...: 8
Samia tetrica; [MOB3], 113

?Samia insularis Vollenhoven

; [MOB3], 114 (note)

?Samia luzonica Watson

Philippines, Sulawesi. See [maps]

luzonica (Watson); (Philippines)
?mindanaensis (Rebel); (Philippines)
?Philosamia insularis vandenberghi Watson, 1915; Tijdschr. ent. 58: 280; TL: Gorontalo, Celebes

; [MOB3], 114 (note)

Samia watsoni (Oberthür, 1914)

W.China. See [maps]

Desgodinsia watsoni Oberthür, 1914; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9 (2): 56, pl. 256, f. 2159; TL: Ta-tsien-lou

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MOB] Holloway & Barlow
Online version of; Moths of Borneo
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM] Natural History Museum
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Pertti Pakkanen]
e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland
[Tony Pittaway] WWW pages
Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Allen, 1981
The saturniid moths of Borneo with special reference to Brunei Brunei Mus. J. 5 (1): 100-126
Butler, 1879
On a collection of Lepidoptera from Cachar, N.E. India Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1) : 1-8
Closs, 1917
Ueber einige Heteroceren (Lep.) Ent. Mitt. 6 (4/6) : 129-135, pl. 5
Drury, 1773
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2 : 1-90, pl. 1-50
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Observationes de Lepidoteris nonullis Chinae centralis et Japoniae Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 22-32, (2): 33-40
[BSW]; de Freina & Witt, 1987
Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis
Godman & Salvin, 1886
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Grote, 1874
List of the North American Platypterices, Attaci, hemileucini, Ceratocampadae, Lachneides, Teredines, and Hepiali, with notes Proc. Am. phil. Soc. 14: 256-264
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
[MOB3]; Holloway, 1987
Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae [1998 reprint] Moths of Borneo 3
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Lampe, 1985
Malayan Saturniidae from the Cameron and Genting Highlands. A guide for collectors Malayan Saturniidae ...: -
Oberthür, 1914
Lépidoptères de la sino-thibétaine Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9 (2) : 41-60, pl. 251-257
[SMNA]; Tuskes, Tuttle, & Collins, 1996
The wild silk moths of North America
Watson, 1915
Some New Forms of Malayan Saturnidae Tijdschr. ent. 58 : 279-280

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