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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Bombyx mori Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Kitching I Rougerie R Zwick A Hamilton C St Laurent R Naumann S Ballesteros Mejia L Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
Bombyx mori
Bombyx mori Linnaeus 1758
Bombyx arracanensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Bombyx fortunatus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Bombyx fuscata
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Bombyx meridionalis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Bombyx mori (Linnaeus)
Bombyx mori Linnaeus 1758
Bombyx sinensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Bombyx textor
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Bombyx arracanensis Moore & Hutton 1862
Bombyx croesi Moore & Hutton 1862
Bombyx fortunatus Moore & Hutton 1862
Bombyx fuscata Motschulsky 1866
Bombyx meridionalis Wood-Mason 1886
Bombyx sinensis Moore & Hutton 1862
Bombyx textor Moore & Hutton 1862
Bombyx arracanensis Moore & Hutton 1862
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Bombyx brunnea Grünberg 1911
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Bombyx croesiformis Moore & Hutton 1862
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Bombyx fortunatus Moore & Hutton 1862
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Bombyx meridionalis Wood-Mason 1886
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Bombyx sinensis Moore & Hutton 1862
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Bombyx textor Moore & Hutton 1862
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Don Hugo preferred
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Silkworm
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Afrikaans

Sywurm preferred
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Albanian

Krimet i mendafsh preferred
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Arabic

دودة القز preferred
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Armenian

շերամ preferred
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Asturian

guxán de seda preferred
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Azerbaijani

Tut ipəkqurdu preferred
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Basque

Zetar preferred
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Belarusian

Тутавы шаўкапрад preferred
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тутавы шаўкапрад

Bengali

তুঁত রেশম preferred
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Bulgarian

копринена пеперуда preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

cuc de seda preferred
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Chavacano

Gusanos de seda preferred
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Chinese

preferred
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preferred
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野家蠶
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Croatian

Dudov svilac preferred
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Czech

bourec morušový preferred
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Danish

Ægte silkesommerfugl preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

zijdevlinder preferred
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Esperanto

Silkraŭpo preferred
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Estonian

Siidikedrik preferred
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Finnish

mulperiperhonen preferred
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Galician

Verme da seda preferred
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Georgian

თუთის აბრეშუმხვევია preferred
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German

Seidenspinner preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Μεταξοσκώληκας preferred
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Hebrew

טוואי המשי preferred
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Hindi

रेशम कीट preferred
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Hungarian

selyemlepke preferred
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Icelandic

Silkiormur preferred
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Ido

Silk-vermo preferred
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Indonesian

Ngengat sutra preferred
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Irish

leamhan seiriceáin preferred
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Italian

baco da seta preferred
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Japanese

カイコガ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
カイコ preferred
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Javanese

Uler sutra preferred
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Kannada

ರೇಷ್ಮೆಹುಳು preferred
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Kazakh

Жібеккөбелек preferred
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Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Тыт жибек көпөлөгү preferred
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Korean

누에 preferred
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Latvian

zīdtauriņš preferred
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Lithuanian

Šilkverpis preferred
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Macedonian

свилена буба preferred
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Malay

Ulat sutera preferred
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Malayalam

പട്ടുനൂൽപ്പുഴു preferred
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Marathi

रेशमाचे किडे preferred
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Min Dong

Chèng-gēng preferred
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Nepali

रेसम किरा preferred
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North Frisian

Siisenspaner preferred
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Norwegian

Silkeorm preferred
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silkeorm preferred
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Official Aramaic

ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Тутайы калм preferred
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Persian

کرم ابریشم preferred
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Polish

jedwabnik morwowy preferred
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Portuguese

Bicho-da-seda preferred
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Quechua

Murira pillpintu preferred
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Fluture de mătase preferred
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Russian

Тутовый шелкопряд preferred
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Scottish Gaelic

seiricean preferred
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Serbian

Свилена буба preferred
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Shambala

Dudov svilac preferred
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Sicilian

Vermu dâ sita preferred
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Slovak

Priadka morušová preferred
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Spanish; Castilian

Gusano de seda preferred
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Sviloprejka preferred
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Sundanese

Hileud sutra preferred
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Swedish

silkesfjäril preferred
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Tajik

Кирмаки дарахти тут preferred
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Tamil

பட்டுப்புழு preferred
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Telugu

silkworm preferred
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Thai

ไหม preferred
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Turkish

İpek böceği preferred
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Ukrainian

шовковичний шовкопряд preferred
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Unspecified

seolcwyrm preferred
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Urdu

ریشم کا کیڑا preferred
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Uzbek

Ipak qurti preferred
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Vietnamese

Tằm tơ preferred
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Wu

preferred
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Zhuang; Chuang

Nonsei preferred
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Arz

دودة القز preferred
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Lzh

preferred
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Nan

Niû-á preferred
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Pnb

ریشم دا کیڑا preferred
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Yue

蠶蟲 preferred
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Zh Cn

preferred
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Zh Hans

preferred
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Zh Hant

preferred
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Zh Hk

preferred
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Zh Tw

家蠶 preferred
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