1. Falter

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

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

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.