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species

Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus Cramer, 1776

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Arthropoda - arthropods » class Insecta - insects » order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths » family Saturniidae - emperor moths » genus Antheraea » subgenus Telea

Scientific synonyms

Antheraea polyphemus polypheme (Hübner, 1819)
Antheraea polyphemus albida (Bouvier, 1936)
Antheraea polyphemus brunnea (Sageder, 1933) nec van Eecke, 1922
Antheraea polyphemus flava (Grote, 1903)
Antheraea polyphemus fumosus (Wurster, 1930)
Antheraea polyphemus intermedia (Bouvier, 1936)
Antheraea polyphemus nigra (Schüssler, 1936)
Antheraea polyphemus wilfriedi (Sageder, 1933)

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IUCN category 2024-1:	Least Concern
Data last updated: 2025-03-02 22:13:10

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Author: Jiří Novák

male

Author: Jiří Novák

Author: Libor Prudký

Author: Lubomír Klátil

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Antheraea polyphemus olivacea (Cockerell, 1914)

subspecies Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus Cramer, 1776

subspecies Antheraea polyphemus tuxtlasensis Balcazár & Vázquez

Links and literature

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [173004714]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer, 1775)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024

Wikipedia Articles [Antheraea_polyphemus]

Wikipedia Articles [https://en.wikipedia.org]

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