Saturniidae of Switzerland

Actias isabellae male, Switzerland, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

This page is dedicated to Bernhard Wenczel who has greatly assisted me with many images and much information. He lists the following species from Switzerland:

Actias isabellae
Aglia tau

Samia cynthia
Saturnia ligurica

Saturnia pavonia
Saturnia pyri

Detailed range descriptions for Saturniidae populations within Switzerland are listed below.

Peaceful Switzerland, famous for the Alpes, is surrounded by France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria and Italy in central Europe. Berne is its capitol.

French, German, Romansch and Italian are principal languages spoken.

Beautiful mountains and tranquil lakes give Switzerland a combined land and water surface area of 41, 293 square kilometers.

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