Archaeoattacus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Attacini
Genus: Archaeoattacus
Species: A. edwardsii – A. malayanus – A. staudingeri – A. vietnamensis
Name

Archaeoattacus Watson in Packard, 1914

Type species: Attacus edwardsi Adam White, 1859

Archaeoattacus edwardsi, male

References

Nässig, W.A., Naumann, S. & Rougerie, R. 2010. Evidence for the existence of three species in the genus Archaeoattacus (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 43: 37–47. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Naumann, S., Rougerie, R. & Nässig, W.A. 2016. Additional note on the genus Archaeoattacus Watson [in Packard], 1914: Description of a fourth species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Saturniinae, Attacini). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 37(1): 5–11. Reference page.

Archaeoattacus is a genus of moths belonging to the family Saturniidae and subfamily Saturniinae. The species of this genus are present in the Himalayas, Sundaland and Peninsular Malaysia. The genus was first described by Watson in 1914.
List of species

This genus has just two species:

Archaeoattacus staudingeri (Rothschild, 1895)
Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White, 1859)

References

Savela, Markku. "Archaeoattacus Watson in Packard, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
"Archaeoattacus Watson, 1914". BioLib.cz. Retrieved November 10, 2018.