Saturniidae Saturniinae Saturniini Saturnia (Perisomena) caecigena Paranthrene insolitus
Saturnia (Saturnia) pyri ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Great Peacock Moth
Genus: Saturnia Schrank, 1802   Subgenus: Saturnia Schrank, 1802   Original genus: Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Vivaro (Roma), Italy, May 1998
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Alain Cosson)
Adult (female), Normandie, France
(Photo by Alain Cosson, Lépidoptères de France)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Rita Tamponi)
Adult, Olbia, Sardegna, Italy, April 25, 2003
(Photo by Rita Tamponi)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Valentin Symonov)
Adult (male), Kamenets-Podilskiy, Hmelnitskiy region, Ukraine
(Photo by Valentin Symonov)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Guntram Deichsel)
Adults (mating), Gythio, Peloponnesos, Greece, April 1997
(Photo by Guntram Deichsel)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, June 1999
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva (first instar), Manziana (Roma), Italy, May 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva (third instar), Manziana (Roma), Italy, May 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© David Biou)
Larva (ready to pupate), France, July 2004
(Photo by David Biou)
S. (Saturnia) pyri (© Paolo Mazzei)
Eggs, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, May 2000
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Foodplants:
Juglans regia, Malus, Pirus, Prunus, Fraxinus, Populus
To know more about:
A.R. Pittaway - Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic - Saturnia pyri page
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