Actias
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Actias f
- 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
- Actias at Encyclopedia of Life
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