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Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Brahmaeidae

Subfamily

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Brahmaea Walker, 1855

Type Species

Brahmaea conchifera  Butler, 1880

= Acanthobrahmaea Sauter, 1967: 126 (TS: Bramaea [sic] europaea Hartig, 1963: 5, by original designation; Bramaea is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Brahmaea)
= Brachygnatha Zhang & Yang, 1993: 48–52 (TS: Brachygnatha diastemata Zhang & Yang, 1993: 48–52, by original designation)
= Transbrahmaea Zolotuhin, 2016: 9 (TS: Brahmaea christophi Staudinger, 1885: 13, by original designation)

Subgenus

Brahmophthalma Mell, 1930

Type Species

Bombyx wallichii  Gray, 1831

= Brahmaeops Bryk, 1949: 21 (TS. Brahmaea japonica Butler, 1873: 56, by original designation)
= Brahmidia Bryk, 1949: 21 (TS. Brahmaea hearseyi White, [1862] 1861: 26, by original designation)

Species/Subspecies

Brahmaea (Brahmophthalma ) hearseyi White, 1862

Type Locality

North India

=Brahmaea whitei Butler, 1866: 119 (TL. North India)

Remarks

Brahmaea was nomenclaturally available but without included species until Walker (1855): 1315.

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

Specific Records

NE Himalaya, Kashmir Himalaya

States/Union Territories

Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya

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