Actias maenas

Taxobox
name = Malaysian Moon Moth


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image_caption = "Actias maenas" adult male
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Saturniidae
genus = "Actias"
species = "A. maenas"
binomial = "Actias maenas"
binomial_authority = (Doubleday, 1847)

The Malaysian moon moth, "Actias maenas", is a purple and yellow Indomalayan Saturniid in the subfamily Saturniinae.

Range

The Malaysian moon moth ranges from Malaysia, to Sumatra, Java, and the surrounding region in Southeast Asia.

Images of Life Cycle

External links

* [http://www.kiva.net/~daylight/moth.html How to rear saturniid moths]
* [http://www.insectariumvirtual.com/mariposas/saturniidae/eng_ciclos_actiasmaenas.htm Life Cycle]
* [http://www.insectcompany.com/silkmoth/kwamaenas.htm Malaysian moon moth info]