''Actias groenendaeli'' is a moth of the family

Saturniidae Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor moths, royal moths, and gi ...

first described by Roepke in 1954. It is found in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Subspecies

*''Actias groenendaeli groenendaeli'' (Flores) *''Actias groenendaeli acutapex'' Kishida, 2000 (Sumba) *''Actias groenendaeli sumbawaensis'' U. Paukstadt , L.H. Paukstadt & Rougerie, 2010 (Sumbawa) *''Actias groenendaeli timorensis'' U. Paukstadt , L.H. Paukstadt & Rougerie, 2010 (Timor)

References

* , 2000: A new subspecies of ''Actias groenendaeli'' Roepke, 1954 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) from Sumba I., Indonesia. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan'' 52(1): 11-12. Abstract and full article

* , 1994: Notes on the systematics of the maenas-group of the genus ''Actias'' Leach 1815 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'' N.F. 15 (3): 327–338. * , 1992: Beschreibung des bisher unbekannten Männchens von ''Actias groenendaeli'' Roepke 1954, n. stat., von Flores, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 102 (11): 193-197. * & , 2014: Ein neuer wilder Seidenspinner vom Banggai-Archipel, Indonesien: Actias isis pelengensis subsp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). ''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der wilden Seidenspinner (Wilhelmshaven)'', 12 (2): 66-82. * , 2010: Beitrag zur Kenntnis von ''Actias groenendaeli'' Roepke, 1954 von den Kleinen Sundainseln, Indonesien, mit zwei Neubeschreibungen: ''Actias groenendaeli timorensis'' subsp. nov. und ''A. groenendaeli sumbawaensis'' subsp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). ''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der wilden Seidenspinner (Wilhelmshaven)'', 8 (3): 125-153. Actias, Groenendaeli Moths of Indonesia Moths described in 1954 {{Saturniidae-stub