Antheraea roylei

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
Species: Antheraea roylei

Name

Antheraea roylei Moore, 1859

NOTE: By virtue of the ICZN Opinion cited below, any taxonomist who considers the wild moth (pernyi) and the domestic moth (roylei) to be conspecific must use the name pernyi. If the two taxa are not considered synonyms, then roylei is a valid taxon name, and spelled roylei rather than roylii.

Synonyms

Antheraea roylii Moore, 1859 (Incorrect Original Spelling; nomen oblitum because it was not in prevailing usage)

References

ICZN (2018) Opinion 2415 (Case 3635) – Antheraea roylei Moore, 1859 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Saturniidae): specific name not conserved when considered synonymous with that of the supposed wild progenitor Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 75(1):187-189.

• Brechlin, R. & Paukstadt, U., 2010a: Einige Anmerkungen zur pernyi-Gruppe der Gattung Antheraea Hübner, 1819 [„1816“] mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia, 3(2): 5–12. Reference page. 

Photos

link: wildsilkmoths-indonesia [1]