Introduction: The Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as the sultanate of Brunei are forming East Malaysia, while West Malaysia, also known under the name of Peninsular Malaysia, is divided into the provinces of Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, the Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan, Malaka, and Johor.

The following check list was mainly compiled from literature and specimens in the Collection L. H. Paukstadt (Wilhelmshaven, Germany). The check list mainly based on the contributions by Barlow, H. S. (with plates by D'Abrera, B.) (1982): An introduction to the Moths of South East Asia: 4 + 305 pp, 50 col.-pls., 8 b/w-pls., b/w text.-figs., by Lampe, R. E. J. (1984): Die Saturniiden der Cameron- und Genting-Highlands in West Malaysia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). - Neue Entomologische Nachrichten (Keltern), 11: 15 [+ 9] pp; 8 col.-pls., by U. Paukstadt & L. H. Paukstadt (2004): An Introduction to the wild silkmoths of the Oriental Region with special reference to Peninsular Malaysia - Part 1. - Beiträge zur Kenntnis der wilden Seidenspinner (Wilhelmshaven), 2 (3): pp. 111-188, by U. Paukstadt & L. H. Paukstadt (2004): An Introduction to the wild silkmoths of the Oriental Region with special reference to Peninsular Malaysia - Part 2. - Beiträge zur Kenntnis der wilden Seidenspinner (Wilhelmshaven), 2 (3): pp. 51-124, 15 col.-pls. (105 figs.), 6 monochr.-pls. (31 figs.), 5 h.-t.-pls (21 figs.), and 4 maps. Specimens figured herein are preserved in the Collection Laela H. Paukstadt (Wilhelmshaven, Germany), if not otherwise stated. Digital pictures were taken by Ulrich Paukstadt (Wilhelmshaven, Germany), if not otherwise stated. The check list might be not free of any errors in determinations, spelling of names, authors, publication years, and/or incomplete. Any hints, proposals, and/or corrections are highly wellcome and may be send to the webmaster (e-mail: webmaster@wildsilkmoth-paukstadt.de). The check list is updated frequently. Presently 30 taxa of 9 genera of the family Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) are recorded for Malaysia. Those are: