''Saturnia'' is a

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of moths 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

Franz Paula von Schrank Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist. He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years later. In 1786 he was named ...

in 1802. They are large moths, commonly called emperor moths though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily

Saturniinae The Saturniinae or saturniines are a subfamily of the family Saturniidae. They are commonly known as emperor moths or wild silk moths. They are easily spotted by the eyespots on the upper surface of their wings. Some exhibit realistic eye-like ...

. Most are Palearctic, but three species (''S. mendocino'', ''S. walterorum'' and ''S. albofasciata'', commonly known as saturnia moths) occur in the chaparral of

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Species

The known species of ''Saturnia'' are: * '' Saturnia albofasciata'' (Johnson, 1938) – white-streaked saturnia (mostly in '' Calosaturnia'') * '' Saturnia atlantica'' Lucas, 1848 * '' Saturnia bieti'' Oberthür, 1886 * '' Saturnia cameronensis'' Lemaire, 1979 * '' Saturnia centralis'' Naumann & Loeffler, 2005 * '' Saturnia cephalariae'' (Romanoff, 1885) (sometimes in ''Eudia'') * '' Saturnia cidosa'' Moore, 1865 * '' Saturnia cognata'' Jordan in Seitz, 1911 * '' Saturnia koreanis'' Brechlin, 2009 * '' Saturnia luctifera'' Jordan in Seitz, 1911 * '' Saturnia mendocino'' Behrens, 1876 – Mendocino saturnia (mostly in '' Calosaturnia'') * ''

Saturnia pavonia ''Saturnia pavonia'', the small emperor moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Sometimes, the incorrect genus name ''Pavonia'' is still used for this ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – small emperor moth (sometimes in ''Eudia'') * '' Saturnia pavoniella'' (Scopoli, 1763) (sometimes in ''Eudia'') * '' Saturnia pinratanai'' Lampe, 1989 * '' Saturnia pyri'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – giant emperor moth, Viennese emperor moth * '' Saturnia spini'' (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) – sloe emperor moth (sometimes in ''Eudia'') * '' Saturnia taibaishanis'' Brechlin, 2009 * '' Saturnia walterorum'' Hogue & Johnson, 1958 – Walter's saturnia (mostly in '' Calosaturnia'') * '' Saturnia zuleika'' Hope, 1843 Formerly placed here was the

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ian '' Arsenura pandora''. Whether the autumn emperor moth ('' Perisomena caecigena''), here separated in a

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, is not actually better included in ''Saturnia'' needs to be determined; the same goes for the genus '' Neoris''.

References

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