Saturnia (moth)

Saturnia
Giant emperor moth (Saturnia pyri)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Tribe:	Saturniini
Genus:	Saturnia Schrank, 1802
Synonyms
Eudia Jordan in Seitz, 1911 Heraea Hübner, 1822 Pavonia Hübner [1819] (non Lamarck, 1816: preoccupied)

Saturnia is a genus of large silkmoths in the family Saturniidae, which the German biologist Franz von Paula Schrank first described in 1802. Its members are commonly named emperor moths, though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily Saturniinae. Most species are Palearctic, but three, commonly called "saturnia moths", inhabit the chaparral of California: S. mendocino, S. walterorum, and S. albofasciata.