SAMIA OF THE WORLD

SAMIA HUBNER, 1819: This Saturniidae genus (formerly Philosamia) is the only one in North America whose moths have a tufted abdomen.

In the larvae, the scoli alpha of the mesothorax and metathorax are subequal in size to or smaller than other body scoli; scolus Pi is never present on abdominal segments 1 and 2. Scoli are well-developed and conspicuous, cynlindrical, and higher than they are wide.

Samia cynthia courtesy of Mark Lasko.

P indicates an image is available.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Attacini, Blanchard, 1840
Genus: Samia, Hubner, 1819

Listing of Samia

P abrerai Naumann & Peigler, 2001 East Java, Mt. Argopuro, Indonesia; Bali
P burica Brechlin, 2007 Buru Island, South Moluccas; North Moluccas
P canningi (Hutton, 1860) Laos, Cambodia, India, southern China, Pakistan, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, northern Vietnam, Thailand
P ceramensis (Bouvier, 1927), Seram of central Moluccas
P cynthia (Drury, 1773) China, Korean Peninsula, introduced to Europe and eastern U.S.
P cynthia walkeri (C. & R. Felder, 1862) China, Korean Peninsula; equated with S. cynthia
P fulva Jordan, 1911 Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal
P insularis (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862) Java, Sumatra, Krakatoa, Nias
P kikibudiamini Paukstadt, U., Paukstadt, L. H. & Suhardjono, Y. R. (2002) Alor, Indonesia; ? Timor
P kohlli Naumann & Peigler, 2001 West Malaysia: Pahang, Kampung Raja, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, southern China
P luzonica (Watson, 1913 [1914]) Philippines, except Palawan
P naumanni U. Paukstadt, Peigler, & L. H. Paukstadt, 1998 Peleng: Banggai Archipelago and Sulawesi, Sula Islands, Province Central Moluccas
P naessigiNaumann and Peigler, 2001 Halmahera Island in eastern Indonesia
P peigleri Naumann and Nassig, 1995 Sulawei Selatan and Sulawesi Tenggara.
P pryeri (Butler, 1878) Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Tsushima
P ricini Anonymous southern Asia
P tetrica (Rebel, 1924) Singapore, Brunei, Kalimantan, Malaysia, Borneo
P treadawayi Naumann, 1998 Palawan, Philippines
P vandenberghi (Watson, 1915) Sulawesi, Celebes in central Indonesia, Island of Selajar (Selayar)
P wangi Naumann & Peigler, 2001 Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan, southeastern China, Hong Kong, northern Vietnam
P watsoni (Oberthur, 1914) much of China, Taiwan, possibly northern Vietnam; moved to Archaeosamia by Brechlin, 2007
P yayukae U. Paukstadt, Peigler & L.H. Paukstadt, 1993 Lesser Sunda Islands of Flores and Timor

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Ranges and classifications have been updated July-August 2004, based on Peigler's and Naumannn's A Revision of the Silkmoth Genus Samia. Individual files have also been updated from same. Many images from Leroy Simon, Thibaud Decaens, Mario Ioppolo, Wayne Hsu, Teemu Klemetti, Shin-ichi Ohshima, Eric van Schayck and Mark Lasko have been verified. Much information and many images are also from Ulrich Paukstadt.

Identifications are, in most cases, most easily done by geography.