Attacus atlas

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Attacini
Genus: Attacus
Species:
Subspecies: A. a. atlas – A. a. formosanus – A. a. ryukyuensis
Remarks: The species has several subspecies, and the subspecific taxonomy has been disputed.

Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Phalaena Bombyx Atlas Linnaeus, 1758: 495
  • Type locality: “Citro Aſiæ, Americæ”, restricted to Bogor, Java (Neotype by Peigler, 1989).
• Attacus atlas formosanus Villiard, 1969: 94–95
  • Type locality: Sun-Moon Lake, Taiwan (Neotype by Inoue, 1992).
• Attacus atlas ryukyuensis Inoue, 1992: 325–326
  • Type locality: Yonaguni Is., Okinawa.

• Inoue, H. 1992. A new subspecies of Attacus atlas (Linneaeus) (Saturniidae) from the Ryukyu islands, Japan. Japan Heterocerists' Journal 169: 325-326. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Peigler, R.S. 1989. A revision of the Indo-Australian genus Attacus. Lepidoptera Research Foundation.
• Villiard, P. 1969. Moths and How to Rear Them. Funk & Wagnalls, New York.
• A checklist of the Lepidoptera. Swedish Museum of Natural History

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