Athletes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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 Bunaeini
Genus: Athletes
Species: A. albicans – A. ethra – A. gigas – A. nyansae – A. semialba – A. steindachneri
Name

Athletes Karsch, 1896

Type species: Saturnia ethra Westwood, 1849 by original designation.

Athletes is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1896.[1]
Species

Athletes albicans Rougeot, 1955
Athletes ethra (Westwood, 1849)
Athletes gigas (Sonthonnax, 1902)
Athletes nyanzae Rebel, 1904
Athletes semialba (Sonthonnax, 1904)

References

Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.