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Saturniidae

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Saturniidae

Taxonomy
Saturniidae was named by Boisduval (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bombycoidea by Regier et al. (2008), van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Saturniidae Boisduval
2008Saturniidae Regier et al.
2011Saturniidae van Nieukerken et al. p. 217
2012Saturniidae Sohn et al. p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
ObtectomeraMinet 1986
Macroheterocera
superfamilyBombycoidea
familySaturniidaeBoisduval 1837
familySaturniidaeBoisduval 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Saturniidae Boisduval 1837
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Subfm. Saturniinae Boisduval 1837
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Tr. Attacini Blanchard 1840
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G. Attacus Linnaeus 1767
G. Rothschildia Grote 1897
Tr. Bunaeini Packard 1902
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G. Cirina Walker 1855
Invalid names: Agliinae Packard 1893 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available