Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Bombycoidea Saturniidae Saturniinae

• Saturnia pyri (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) NAF, SEU, CEU, Asia Minor, Armenia, Iran. See [maps] nagy pávaszem Gran Pavón Birnspinner Isoriikinkukkokehrääjä Large Emperor Großes Nachtpfauenauge Suur-paabusilm Great Peacock Moth Stor påfågelspinnare Gran-paon

  • Bombyx pyri Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 49; TL: Vienna district
  • Phalaena pavonia major Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 497
  • ilvana Tauber, 1969
  • pinkerae Kobes, 1980

  • Saturnia (Saturnia) pyri; [CoL]
  • Saturnia pyri pinkerae; [LepIndex]
  • Saturnia pyri pyri; de Freina, 1994, Atalanta 25 (1/2): 335
  • Saturnia pyri therana; [LepIndex]
  • Saturnia pyri; [BSW]; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF] ; [Tony Pittaway]

  599x400 (~76Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch

  400x601 (~48Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch

  Larva on Juglans regia, Malus , Pirus , Prunus , Fraxinus [BSW]

• Saturnia atlantica Lucas, 1849 NAF. See [maps] Atlasvuortenriikinkukkokehrääjä Le Paon de Nuit de Lucas

  • Saturnia atlantica Lucas, 1849; ; TL: Algeria, "Tonga Lake"
  • Saturnia atlantica var. maroccana Austaut, 1894; Le Naturaliste 16 / (2) 8: 56

  • Saturnia (Saturnia) atlantica; [CoL]
  • Saturnia atlantica; [BSW]; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [Tony Pittaway]

  Larva on Fraxinus , Alnus , Rhamnus , Olea [BSW]

• Saturnia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) EU - Siberia - Amur, Ussuri. See [maps] Riikinkukkokehrääjä Petit-paon de Nuit natpåfugleøje Pikkuriikinkukkokehrääjä Pequeño Pavón de Noche kis pávaszem Emperor Moth Kevadpaabusilm Kleines Nachtpfauenauge Liten påfågelspinnare Piccolo pavone

  • Phalaena pavonia Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 496; TL: [Europe]
  • minor Linnaeus, 1758
  • Bombyx carpini Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 50; TL: Vienna district
  • alpina Favre, 1897
  • borealis Rangnow, 1935
  • Saturnia pavonia var. lapponica Lingonblad, 1936; Notulae Ent. 16 (1): 8; TL: Finland, Lappland
  • lappmarchica Bryk, 1948

  • Saturnia (Eudia) pavonia; [CoL]
  • Saturnia pavonia alpina; [LepIndex]
  • Saturnia pavonia borealis; [LepIndex]
  • Saturnia pavonia homophora; [iNaturalist]
  • Saturnia pavonia josephinae; [LepIndex]
  • Saturnia pavonia lappmarchica; [iNaturalist]
  • Saturnia pavonia postrosacea; [iNaturalist]
  • Saturnia pavonia; [SPRK]; [BSW]; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF] ; [Tony Pittaway]

  550x417 (~36Kb) larva FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 22.6.1997, Photo © Markku Savela	400x675 (~52Kb) larva FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, ex.l (1.7.1997), Photo © Markku Savela	400x935 (~47Kb) larva FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, ex.l (18.7.1997), Photo © Markku Savela
  500x645 (~33Kb) ova Finland, Järvenpää 670:39, (ex. i) 19.5.1979, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen	750x450 (~37Kb) larva Finland, U:Järvenpää 670:39, 5.6.1977, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen	500x588 (~35Kb) larva Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, (ex.o) 27.6.1978, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen
  700x462 (~49Kb) cocoon Finland, U: Tuusula 670:38, 19.9.1976, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen	700x438 (~32Kb) ♀ Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, ex.l. 1979, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen	512x768 (~77Kb) ♀ Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Ötisheim, Scharrkessel (8°49'E, 48°58'N, 320m), 20.04.2000 (ex. larva), Photo © Karl Hofsäß
  597x400 (~46Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	597x400 (~48Kb) ♂ Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	1005x565 (~122Kb) ♀ Russia, Kaluga area, 9.5.2014 (35°46'E, 54°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov
  993x521 (~125Kb) ♂ Russia, Kaluga area, 9.5.2014 (35°46'E, 54°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	900x506 (~49Kb) ♀ FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, ex.l. 22.6.1997, Photo 17.5.1998 © Markku Savela	1000x699 (~82Kb) ♂ FINLAND: ex. o., Photo 1999 © Markku Savela

  Larva on Betula , B. verrucosa, B. pubescens, B. nana, Alnus incana, Quercus robur, Salix , S. starkeana, S. aurita, S. phylicifolia, S. caprea, Populus tremula, Rosa sp., R. majalis, Fragaria ananassa, Alchemilla sp., Rubus idaeus, R. chamaemorus, Potentilla palustris, Filipendula ulmaria, Malus domestica, Sorbus aucuparia, Rhamnus frangula, R. cathartica, Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium , V. myrtillus, V. uliginosum [SPRK]

  • S. p. ligurica Weismann, 1876 France, Italy, Sicily, Balkans

    • Saturnia pavonia ligurica Weismann, 1876; ; TL: Italy, Liguria, Genova
    • Saturnia pavonia var. meridionalis Calberla, 1887; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (1) (4): 157

    • Saturnia pavonia meridionalis; [LepIndex]
• Saturnia spini (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) SWEU - S.Russia - Altai, Asia Minor. See [maps] Moyen-paon Keskiriikinkukkokehrääjä Mellersta påfågelspinnare közepes pávaszem Schwarzdornspinner

  • Phalaena (Attacus) pavonia media Esper, 1782; Die. Schmett., Th. III (16): 33, (15): pl. 3, f. 1-2

  • Saturnia (Eudia) spini; [CoL]
  • Saturnia spini spini; de Freina, 1994, Atalanta 25 (1/2): 336
  • Saturnia spini; [BSW]; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE] ; [Tony Pittaway]

  Larva on Prunus , Rosa , Crataegus , Ulmus , Alnus , Salix , Populus [BSW]

• Saturnia cephalariae (Romanoff, 1885)

  • Saturnia (Eudia) cephalariae; [CoL]
  • Saturnia cephalariae cephalariae; de Freina, 1994, Atalanta 25 (1/2): 336
  • Saturnia cephalariae; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Tony Pittaway]

• Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876 California. See [maps]

  • Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876; Can. Ent. 8 (8): 149; TL: California, Mendocino Co.

  • Saturnia (Calosaturnia) mendocino; [CoL]
  • Saturnia mendocino; [NACL], #7751; [SMNA]; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA]

  Larva on Arctostaphylos , Arbutus menziesii [SMNA]

• Saturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958 California, Mexico, .... See [maps]

  • Saturnia (Calosaturnia) walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958; Lepid. News 12: 17 (repl. Calosaturnia meridionalis_ Johonson, 1940); TL: Santiago Canyon, Santa Ana Mtns, Orange Co., California
  • Calosaturnia meridionalis Johnson, 1940; Bull. Brookl. Ent. Soc. 35: 100 (preocc. Saturnia pavonia var. meridionalis Calberla, 1887); TL: Santiago Canyon, Santa Ana Mtns, Orange Co., California

  • Calosaturnia walterorum; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]
  • Saturnia (Calosaturnia) walterorum; [CoL]
  • Saturnia walterorum; [NACL], #7752; [MABL]; [SMNA]; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA]

  Larva on Arctostaphylos , Rhus laurina, R. integrifolia [SMNA]

• Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938) California. See [maps]

  • Calosaturnia albofasciata Johnson, 1938

  • Calosaturnia albofasciata; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Saturnia (Calosaturnia) albofasciata; [CoL]
  • Saturnia albofasciata; [NACL], #7753; [SMNA]; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA]

  Larva on Ceanothus cuneatus, C. cordulatus, C. betuloides [SMNA]

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