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Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 6 Heft 1 07.02.2013; April 12, 2013 |
Actias vanschaycki male, HT, 60 mm, Sichuan, China,
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TAXONOMY:Superfamily Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"Moon River" |
Actias vanschaycki belongs in the Actias felicis group, comprised of the following species:
Actias felicis felicis, China: Jiangxi; Guangdong; Guangxi; Sichuan
Actias felicis arianeae, China: Shaanxi: Qin Ling Mountains, Fopin (1800m)
Actias uljanae: China: Hunan: Nanling Mts., 1500 m., Mt Shikengkong.
Actias chrisbrechlinae, China: Yunnan; Guangxi; 1950-2460m
Actias winbrechlini, China: northwestern Yunnan: Fengshuining Mountains (2460m), Yulong County;
northern Myanmar = Burma: Kachin: Chudu Mountains (3000m)
Actias neidhoeferi, Taiwan; possibly eastern China
Actias kongjiaria, China: Sichuan: Gongga Shan; 2600-3200m
Actias vanschaycki, China: Sichuan, southwest of Heishui; 3100m
Actias shaanxiana, China: Shaanxi: Tai Bai Shan Mountains; Daba Shan Mountains; 1500m.
With the exception of Actias felicis felicis, Actias chrisbrechlinae and Actias uljanae the moths in this group seem devoid of a forewing pm line, and are an almost uniform pale green, without yellow or pink in the hindwing tails.
The forewing pm line is thin and regularly dentate in the specimens mentioned above.
Actias vanschaycki male, PT, 57mm, Sichuan, China,
on my home computer only.
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