''Paradaemonia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in 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
Eugène Louis Bouvier
Eugène Louis Bouvier (9 April 1856, in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux – 14 January 1944, in Paris) was a French entomologist and carcinologist. Bouvier was a professor at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
Biography
Following graduation at ...
in 1925.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
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Paradaemonia andensis''
(Rothschild, 1907)
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Paradaemonia andina''
(Fassl, 1920)
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Paradaemonia bahiana''
Brechlin & Meister, 2012
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Paradaemonia balsasensis''
C. Mielke & Furtado, 2005
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Paradaemonia berlai''
Oiticica Filho, 1946
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Paradaemonia caligula''
(Girard, 1882)
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Paradaemonia castanea''
(W. Rothschild, 1907)
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Paradaemonia championi''
(Sonthonnax, 1904)
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Paradaemonia despinayi''
(Bouvier, 1923)
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Paradaemonia glaucescens
''Paradaemonia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Eugène Louis Bouvier in 1925.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
*'' Paradaemonia andensis'' (Rothschild, 1907)
*'' Paradaemonia andina'' (Fassl, ...
''
(Walker, 1855)
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Paradaemonia gravis''
(Jordan, 1922)
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Paradaemonia guianensis''
Bouvier, 1925
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Paradaemonia iscaybambensis''
Brechlin & Meister, 2013
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Paradaemonia kadenii''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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Paradaemonia mayi''
(Jordan, 1922)
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Paradaemonia meridionalis''
de Camargo, Mielke, & Casagrande, 2007
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Paradaemonia nycteris''
(Jordan, 1922)
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Paradaemonia octavus''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1858)
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Paradaemonia orsilochus''
(Maassen, 1869)
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Paradaemonia platydesmia''
(W. Rothschild, 1907)
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Paradaemonia pluto''
(Westwood, 1854)
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Paradaemonia rufomaculata''
Bouvier, 1929
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Paradaemonia ruschii''
May & Oiticica Filho, 1943
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Paradaemonia samba
''Paradaemonia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Eugène Louis Bouvier
Eugène Louis Bouvier (9 April 1856, in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux – 14 January 1944, in Paris) was a French entomologist and carcinologis ...
''
(Schaus, 1906)
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Paradaemonia siriae''
Brechlin, Meister & van Schayck, 2012
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Paradaemonia terrena''
(Jordan, 1922)
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Paradaemonia thelia''
(Jordan, 1922)
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Paradaemonia vanschaycki''
Brechlin & Meister, 2012
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Paradaemonia wagneri''
(Bouvier, 1924)
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Paradaemonia winbrechlini''
Brechlin & Meister, 2012
References
Arsenurinae
Taxa named by Eugène Louis Bouvier
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