1. Live pictures
1.1. Imago
1-3: two ♂♂, Australia, Victoria, E Melbourne, Gembrook-area, Bunyip State Forest, Ash Landing Road, 180 m, 30. December 2011; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)
4: ♂, Australia, Western Australia, Walpole-Nornalup NP, Tingle Drive/Hill Top Road, 133 m, 23. December 2014 lux; (det. & phot.: Petra Peuker)
2. Diagnosis
2.1. Original description
1: White (1843: 344) [from Copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]
Look also the original description of Syntherata janetta: The last paragraph concerns Opodiphthera helena, too.
3. Further information
3.1. Other combinations
- Saturnia helena White, 1843 [Original combination]
3.2. Synonyms
- Antheraea intermedia Lucas, 1890 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Antheraea banksii Lucas, 1891; (nom. nud.) [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Caligula banksi Seitz, 1928; (preocc.) [synonym according to funet.fi]
3.3. Literature
- Original description: White, A. (1843): Descriptions of apparently new species and varieties of Insects and other Annulosa, principally from the collection in the British Museum. — The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 12: 342-346.