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Attacus

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q1757746
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Attacus

Summary

Attacus is a taxon[1]. Attacus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month, #1,601 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Attacus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Attacus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Attacus is classified within Saturniidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Attacus is Attacus[6].
  • Attacus's Commons category is recorded as Attacus[7].
  • Attacus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Attacus[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Attacus is Attacus[6]. Attacus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Attacus is classified within Saturniidae[5].

Identifiers

Attacus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 125062[9]. Attacus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 63966[10]. Attacus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 48492[11]. Attacus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5124670[12].

Why It Matters

Attacus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month, #1,601 of 195,241).[2] Attacus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Saturniidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Attacus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007530011005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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