PARADAEMONIA OF THE WORLD
Updated October 17, 2005
Updated as per Rev. Bras. Zool. v.24 n.4 Curitiba dez. 2007
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 3 30.11.2012; March 18, 2013
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 6 Heft 2 21.02.2013; March 19, 2013

PARADAEMONIA OF THE WORLD
BOUVIER, 1925

Paradaemonia platydesmia courtesy of Dan Janzen.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Arsenurinae, Jordan 1922
Tribe: Arsenurini, Jordan, 1922
Genus: Paradaemonia Bouvier, 1925

The Arsenurini are a primitive tribe found in tropical South and Central America.

Some of the Arsenura and Paradaemonia species (Arsenura mossi, Paradaemonia mayi and Paradaemonia pluto) are occasionally improperly listed as Dysdaemonia.

Paradaemonia thelia fifth instar, courtesy of Eurides Furtado.

P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.

Listing of Paradaemonia

P andensis, (W. Rothschild, 1907) Peru, Colombia, Mexico??, Belize??, Nicaragua, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia
N bahiana, Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Brazil: Bahia
P balsasensis balsasensis, C. Mielke & E. Furtado, 2005 Balsas, Brazil
N balsasensis cearaiana , Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Brazil: Ceara
N berlai, Oiticica, 1946 northern, coastal Brazil
P castanea (Rothschild, 1907) Costa Rica, Peru
P gravis, (Jordan, 1922) French Guiana
N iscaybambensis, Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Peru: Cusco
P mayi, (Jordan, 1922) Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia
P meridionalis, Camargo, O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2007 eastern Brazil: Federal District; Espírito Santo; Rio de Janeiro; Sao Paulo; Paraná; Santa Catarina; Rio Grande do Sul
P nycteris, (Jordan, 1922) Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
P orsilochus, (Maassen, 1869) southeastern Brazil
caligula (Sonthonnax, 1904), Brazil is a synonym for orsilochus
P platydesmia, (Rothschild, 1907) Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazon region), Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
d'espinayi, (Bouvier, 1923), Colombia, is a synonym for platydesmia
P pluto, (Westwood, 1854) southeastern Brazil
glaucescens (Walker, 1855), Brazil, is a synonym for pluto
kadenii (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855), Brazil, is a synonym for pluto
octavus (Herrich-Schaffer, 1858), is a synonym for pluto
P ruschii, May & Oiticica, 1943 Brazil, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru
P samba, (Schaus, 1906) Guyana, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil,
P samba sambdensis , Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Ecuador: Pastaza; Sucumbios; Napo; Morona Santiago; Peru: Loreto; Amazonas; Huanuco; Ucayali; Cusco; San Martin; Colombia: Caqueta
N siriae, Brechlin, Meister & van Schayck, 2012 Peru: Loreto
P terrena, (Jordan, 1922) French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela
P terrena susannae, Luigi Racheli, 1995 Peru
P thelia, (Jordan, 1922) Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina
N vanschaycki, Brechlin & Meister, 2012 French Guiana: Cayenne
P winbrechlini, Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Mexico: Chiapas

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