Caligula (moth)
''Caligula'' is a genus of moths of the family Saturniidae. It is primarily an Oriental genus, found in India, China and Southeast Asia. The genus is often treated as a synonym of ''Rinaca''. It is named after Roman emperor Caligula. Species The genus includes the following species: * ''Caligula anna'' (Frederic Moore, Moore, 1865) * ''Caligula boisduvali'' (Eversmann, 1847) * ''Caligula cachara'' Moore, 1872 * ''Caligula grotei'' (Moore, 1858) * ''Caligula japonica'' Moore, 1872 * ''Caligula jonasi'' Butler, 1877 * ''Caligula kitchingi'' (Brechlin, 2001) * ''Caligula lindia'' Moore, 1865 * ''Caligula simla'' (Westwood, 1847) * ''Caligula thibeta'' (Westwood, 1853) See also * List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800) References External links''Caligula'' at Tony Pittaway's ''Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic''
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Caligula Japonica
''Caligula japonica'', the Japanese giant silkworm, is a moth of the family Saturniidae.https://web.archive.org/web/20080424115050/http://www.saturniidae-moths.de/Lepidoptera/Saturniidae/Database_-_caterpillars_from_S/japonica/japonica.html It was described by Frederic Moore in 1872. It is found in eastern Asia, including China, Korea, Japan and Russia. The larvae feed on various plants, including ''willow, Salix'', ''beech, Fagus'', ''oak, Quercus'' and ''Juglans''. Subspecies *''C. japonica japonica'' *''C. japonica arisana'' (Shiraki, 1913) *''C. japonica ryukyuensis'' (Inoue, 1984) References

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