Saturnia pavonia

Small emperor moth
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Saturnia
Species:	S. pavonia
Binomial name
Saturnia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Eudia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) Pavonia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) Phalaena pavonia Linnaeus, 1758

Saturnia pavonia, the small emperor moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Sometimes, the incorrect genus name Pavonia is still used for this species. This moth occurs throughout the Palearctic region and is the only member of its family to be found in the British Isles, where it is usually called simply the emperor moth.