Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)

Details

Name scientific

Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)

Preferred name

Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)

Taxonomy reference

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A.; Andrew, I. G.; Berry, J. A.; Johns, P. M.; Hoare, R. J. B.; Larivière, M.-C.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R. C.; Smithers, C. N.; Palma, R. L.; Ward, J. B.; Pilgrim, R. L. C.; Towns, D. R.; McLellan, I. D.; Teulon, D. A. J.; Hitchings, T. R.; Eastop, V. F.; Martin, N. A.; Fletcher, M. J.; Stufkens, M. A. W.; Dale, P. J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T. R.; Trewick, S. A. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Checklist of New Zealand Hexapoda. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 2. 467-233.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Drury

Authors

Drury

Year published

1773

Nomenclatural code

ICZN

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Samia cynthia

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Saturniidae

Genus

Samia

Species

cynthia

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)

Samia cynthia (Drury)

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A. et al. (2010)

Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)

[Not available]

Metadata

Record id

0be5296d-58c2-471e-9858-14e4eb72ea76

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_NZAC

Date added

8 March 2011

Date last updated

12 November 2025

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