Actias

Translingual

Actias selene

Etymology

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Proper noun

Actias f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – Asian-American moon moths, distinctive for the long tails on their hindwings.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Bombycoidea - superfamily; Saturniiformes - series; Saturniidae - family; Saturniinae - subfamily; Saturniini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Actias luna - type species; for other species see Actias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Actias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Actias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Actias on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Actias at National Center for Biotechnology Information