Definition of Saturnia pavonia

1. Noun. Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings.

Exact synonyms: Emperor, Emperor Moth
Generic synonyms: Saturniid, Saturniid Moth
Group relationships: Genus Saturnia, Saturnia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saturnia Pavonia

Satureja acinos
Satureja calamintha glandulosa
Satureja calamintha officinalis
Satureja douglasii
Satureja grandiflora
Satureja hortensis
Satureja montana
Satureja nepeta
Satureja vulgaris
Saturn
Saturn V
Saturnal
Saturnalia
Saturnalian
Saturnia
Saturnia pavonia (current term)
Saturnian
Saturnians
Saturnicentric
Saturniidae
Saturnist
Saturnists
Satvinder
Satyagraha
Satyavati
Satyendra N. Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose
Satyridae
Saudi
Saudi-Arabian

Literary usage of Saturnia pavonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"... armature : as in Saturnia pavonia. Dyar concludes (Ann. New York Acad. Sei., viii., p. 232) that the affinities of the larvae suggest a relationship ..."

2. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"4. head of Saturnia pavonia major beneath, showing the rudimental state of the ... 6. thorax of Saturnia pavonia major, the striated part being one of the ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1895)
"... 1806, but it may well be that it " represents " Saturnia pavonia minor, ... the resemblance between the full- grown larva of Saturnia pavonia major with ..."

4. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"... armature : as in Saturnia pavonia. Dyar concludes (Ann. New York Acad. Sei., viii., p. 232) that the affinities of the larvae suggest a relationship ..."

5. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"4. head of Saturnia pavonia major beneath, showing the rudimental state of the ... 6. thorax of Saturnia pavonia major, the striated part being one of the ..."

6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1895)
"... 1806, but it may well be that it " represents " Saturnia pavonia minor, ... the resemblance between the full- grown larva of Saturnia pavonia major with ..."

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