The International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature has declined to conserve the specific name of the tussah silkmoth Antheraea royleiMoore, 1859 when it is considered synonymous with its supposed wild progenitor Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855).
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15 September 2018
Opinion 2415 (Case 3635) – Antheraea roylei Moore, 1859 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Saturniidae): specific name not conserved when considered synonymous with that of the supposed wild progenitor Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855)
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Antheraea pernyi
Antheraea roylei
Asia
Chinese oak silkmoth
Himalayan oak silkmoth
Insecta
Lepidoptera