''Actias sinensis'', the Golden moon moth, is a
moth of the
Family Saturniidae. It is found in
China
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,
Taiwan,
Vietnam,
Myanmar
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,
India and
Thailand. The species was first described by
Francis Walker in 1855.
Subspecies
*''
Actias sinensis sinensis''
*''
Actias sinensis subaurea''
Kishida, 1993 (northern China)
Gallery
File:Actias sinensis (Xingping).jpg, From Xingping, Guangxi
References
* , 2012: six new species of the genus ''Actias'' Leach, 1815 from South-East Asia. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). ''Entomo-Satsphingia'' 5 (3): 41-51.
* , 1993. Description of a New Subspecies of ''Actias heterogyna'' , 1914 from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). ''Gekkan-Mushi'' (267): 18-20.
Sinensis
Moths described in 1847
Moths of Asia
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