EUDIA OF THE WORLD

EUDIA OF THE WORLD


Male Saturnia pyri. Photo courtesy of Leroy Simon.

EUDIA (JORDAN, 1911)

Eudia is an Holarctic subgenus of Saturnia Schrank, 1802.

The Asian species, including lindia below, are often listed in subgenus Rinaca.

Caligula and Neoris are closely related genera.

Listing of Eudia

P atlantica (H. Lucas, 1848) Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa: Morocco, Algeria to Tunisia
P cephaleriae (Christoph, 1885) Turkey, Republic of Georgia, Armenia
P lindia (Moore, 1865) China, Nepal, Himalaya; Belongs in Rinaca subgenus
P pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe: Ireland to western Siberia
P pavonia ligurica (Weismann, 1876) southern Europe; I think this one is now treated as a synonym of pavonia?
P pavonia josephinae (Schawerda, [1924]) Southern Spain; raised to full species status as josephinae
P pyri (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) warmer parts of Europe and Near East
P spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Austria, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Ukraine, Crimea and Kazakhstan

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