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Luminary Oddities · Natural history & art
Actias rhodopneuma
Lepidoptera / Saturniidae
Actias rhodopneuma is an Asian moon moth recorded from China and Laos. Documented Laotian specimens include a June collection at 1,800 m and males and females collected in the mountain forests of Phongsaly in August 2024.
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Actias rhodopneuma is a member of Saturniidae. Röber described it in 1925 in the genus Euandrea. [1]
The identified Laotian pair illustrated in the 2025 survey shows narrow forewing eyespots shaped like dark crescents, smaller oval hindwing eyespots and long, tapering hindwing tails. The male has yellow wings and a yellow body, with broad salmon-pink outer wing regions continuing along the tails. The female is paler, with greenish-white wings, a white body, fine transverse wing lines and narrower pink edging along the tails. Both specimens have a dark reddish forewing leading edge. [2]
The original combination was Euandrea rhodopneuma Röber, 1925. Modern taxonomic records place the species in Actias. [1]
The 2025 Laotian study illustrates an identified male and female from the Boun Neua area. It also provides a male genitalia plate from Phongsaly. [2]
The compositions emphasize pale yellow and pink colour regions, feathered antennae and the long hindwing tails.
Keep the enclosure closed and display it in indirect light, away from heat and damp conditions. Handle the frame by its edges and clean only its exterior according to the maker’s instructions.
Where are the documented Laotian records? Published material comes from Luang Prabang, Houaphan and Phongsaly, including mountain-forest collections near Boun Neua. [3][2]
What was its original genus? Röber described the species as Euandrea rhodopneuma in 1925. [1]
The 2008 and 2025 Laotian papers document collection localities and examined material. The 2025 study includes identified adult and genitalia plates; the Yunnan institutional account provides Chinese records. [3][2][4]
NCBI Taxonomy · Accessed 2026-10-09
Spitsyn and colleagues; Ecologica Montenegrina 84 (2025), author copy · Accessed 2026-10-09
Racheli, Vinciguerra and Racheli; SHILAP 36 (2008) · Accessed 2026-10-09
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Accessed 2026-10-09
David Britton; Australian Museum · Accessed 2026-10-09
Australian Museum · Accessed 2026-10-09
Framed and digital artworks featuring this species. Current options and prices are listed on Etsy.
Sources checked 2026-10-09. Illustrations · Luminary Oddities.
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