Actias maenas

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Malaysian Moon Moth
Actias maenas adult male
Actias maenas adult male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Actias
Species: A. maenas
Binomial name
Actias maenas
(Doubleday, 1847)

The Malaysian moon moth, Actias maenas, is a purple and yellow Indomalayan Saturniid in the subfamily Saturniinae.

[edit] Range

The Malaysian moon moth ranges from Malaysia, to Sumatra, Java, and the surrounding region in Southeast Asia.

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