Attacus

Attacus
Attacus taprobanis from the Western Ghats of India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Tribe:
Genus:	Attacus Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
Arcuata Perry, 1811

Attacus is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.^[1]

The genus contains the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas), and Attacus caesar, the second and third largest known moths (in terms of wingspan), though different sources treat one or the other as slightly larger.^[2][3]

Species[]

• Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Oriental region) – Atlas moth
• Attacus aurantiacus W. Rothschild, 1895 (Kai Archipelago)
• Attacus caesar Maassen, 1873 (Philippines)
• Attacus crameri C. Felder, 1861 (Buru, Seram, Ambon)
• Attacus dohertyi W. Rothschild, 1895 (Sumba, Timor, Roma, and Damar)
• Attacus erebus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Sulawesi)
• Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920 (Sumbawa, Flores)
• Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920 (Tanimbar Archipelago, Babar Archipelago)
• Peigler, 1985 (Palawan)
• Attacus lorquinii C. & R. Felder, 1861 (Philippines)
• Watson, 1914 (Andamans)
• Peigler, 1985 (Banggai Archipelago, Sula Archipelago)
• Attacus paukstadtorum Brechlin, 2010 (Lombok)
• Bouvier, 1930 (Philippines)
• Naumann & Peigler, 2010 (Selayar)
• Brechlin & van Schayck, 2016 (Buru)
• U. & L. Paukstadt, 2002 (Alor)
• Attacus taprobanis Moore, 1882 (Sri Lanka, southwestern India)
• Attacus wardi W. Rothschild, 1910 (northern Australia)

Male Attacus dohertyi from Timor

See also[]

• List of largest insects

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Attacus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Attacus at Wikispecies
• Savela, Markku. "Attacus Linnaeus, 1767". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 10, 2018.