Saturnia pavonia

From this afternoon, time has come for them ! In this part of France it is quite difficult to make a difference between Saturnia pavonia and Saturnia pavoniella

comments (10)

Ruth Spigelman

Lion

My goodness this is glorious. Both the species and the shot. Beautifully artistic. Posted 3 years ago
1. Julien
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  Thanks a lot ! Indeed it is an incredible species ! Posted 3 years ago

Patomarazul

Lion

Wooow! I would be thrilled if I would find one of these!
The app ObsIdentify says is S. pavonia :-) Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
1. Julien
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  haha I am ! there are amazing, but quite small compare to Saturnia pyri !
  Sadly in this part of France it is impossible to make a difference between Saturnia pavonia and Saturnia pavoniella, the species share the same appearance. For a long time Saturnia pavoniella was considered has a subspecies of Saturnia pavonia. The main difference is from the reproductive organs.... Posted 3 years ago
2. Julien
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  My apologize, you were right, I found an article that shows and explains that there is a physical difference between S. pavonia and S. pavoniella ! Posted 3 years ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

Brilliant Julien. What a wonderful creature Posted 3 years ago
1. Julien
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  Thanks ! Indeed, one the beautifulest Lepidoptera we can find around here ! Posted 3 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

As others have noted, beautiful shot of a beautiful species, but I'll add that the moody twilight background really adds to it. Posted 3 years ago
1. Julien
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  Thanks Ferdy, indeed I wanted to use the background as well to make the moth's colors even more powerful ! And I got my answer today, it is Saturnia pavonia ! Posted 3 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Great, happy that you found the species ID. Posted 3 years ago

The Small Emperor Moth

The Small Emperor Moth is a moth of the family Saturniidae. Sometimes, the incorrect genus name "Pavonia" is still used for this species. This moth occurs throughout the Palearctic region and is the only member of its family to be found in the British Isles where it is usually called simply the Emperor Moth.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Julien