Actias sinensis

Golden moon moth
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Actias
Species:	A. sinensis
Binomial name
Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
Tropaea sinensis Walker, 1855 Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914

Actias sinensis, the golden moon moth, is a moth of the Family Saturniidae. It is found in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, India and Thailand. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.

Subspecies

• Actias sinensis sinensis
• Actias sinensis subaurea Kishida, 1993 (Taiwan)

Gallery

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  From Xingping, Guangxi

References

• Brechlin, R., 2012: six new species of the genus Actias Leach, 1815 from South-East Asia. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5 (3): 41-51.
• Kishida, Y., 1993. Description of a New Subspecies of Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914 from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Gekkan-Mushi (267): 18-20.

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