| Saturnia | |
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| Giant Emperor Moth (Saturnia pyri) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Subfamily: | Saturniinae |
| Genus: | Saturnia Schrank, 1802 |
| Synonyms | |
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Eudia Jordan in Seitz, 1911 |
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Saturnia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. They are large moths, commonly called "emperor moths" though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily Saturniinae. Most are Palearctic, but three species (S. mendocino, S. walterorum and S. albofasciata, commonly known as saturnia moths) occur in the chaparral of California.
The known species of Saturnia are:
Formerly placed here was the Brazilian Arsenura pandora. Whether the Autumn Emperor Moth (Perisomena caecigena), here separated in a monotypic genus, is not actually better included in Saturnia needs to be determined; the same goes for the genus Neoris.