Attacus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Genus
- Attacus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Attacus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Attacus
Attacus is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.
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. Both are outclassed by the largest, (in terms of wingspan) moths, Thysania agrippina, also known as the White Witch Moth.
Like other saturniid moths, adults lack a fully formed digestive tract and do not feed.
...Attacus in languages:
- Chinese
- 蛇頭蛾屬
- Japanese
- ヨナグニサン属
- Thai
- สกุล ผีเสื้อหนอนใบกระท้อน
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Attacus atlas
- Attacus aurantiacus
- Attacus caesar
- Attacus combo
- Attacus crameri
- Attacus dohertyi
- Attacus erebus
- Attacus hertli
- Attacus inopinatus
- Attacus intermedius
- Attacus lemairei
- Attacus lorquinii
- Attacus mcmulleni
- Attacus paraliae
- Attacus paukstadtorum
- Attacus philippina
- Attacus selayarensis
- Attacus siriae
- Attacus soembanus
- Attacus speculifer
- Attacus speculum
- Attacus suparmani
- Attacus taprobanis
- Attacus wardi































































































































































