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Caligula (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Saturniidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Caligula boisduvali, Caligula simla, Butterflies and moths, Caligula anna, Caligula lindia

Caligula is a genus of moths of the family Saturniidae. It is primarily an Oriental genus, found in India, China and Southeast Asia. The genus is often treated as a synonym of Rinaca. It is named after Roman emperor Caligula.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

  • Caligula anna (Moore, 1865)
  • Caligula boisduvali (Eversmann, 1847)
  • Caligula cachara Moore, 1872
  • Caligula grotei (Moore, 1858)
  • Caligula japonica Moore, 1872
  • Caligula jonasi Butler, 1877
  • Caligula kitchingi (Brechlin, 2001)
  • Caligula lindia Moore, 1865
  • Caligula simla (Westwood, 1847)
  • Caligula thibeta (Westwood, 1853)

    • References

    Caligula (moth) Wikipedia
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