Rhescyntis

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
Subfamilie: Arsenurinae
Tribus: Arsenurini
Genus: Rhescyntis
Species: R. colombiana – R. descimoni – R. gigantea – R. guianensis – R. hermes – R. hippodamia – R. martii – R. norax – R. pomposa – R. pseudomartii – R. reducta – R. septentrionalis
Name

Rhescyntis Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Phalaena hippodamia Cramer, [1777]

Rhescynthis hermes

References

Brechlin, R. & F. Meister, 2013: A new taxon in the genus Rhescyntis Hübner, [1819]. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 6 (2): 76–79.
Lemaire, C.,1975: Description de six Attacidae nouveaux de l’Equateur (Lep.). Lambillionea, 75: 52–68.

Rhescyntis is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.[1]
Species

Rhescyntis colombiana Bouvier, 1927
Rhescyntis descimoni Lemaire, 1975
Rhescyntis gigantea Bouvier, 1930
Rhescyntis guianensis Bouvier, 1924
Rhescyntis hermes (W. Rothschild, 1907)
Rhescyntis hippodamia (Cramer, 1777)
Rhescyntis martii Perty, 1834
Rhescyntis norax Druce, 1897
Rhescyntis pomposa Draudt, 1930
Rhescyntis pseudomartii Lemaire, 1976
Rhescyntis reducta Becker & Camargo, 2001
Rhescyntis septentrionalis Vazquez, 1966

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.