Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea
Brahmaeidae
Brahmaea Walker, 1855
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)
Brahmophthalma Mell, 1930
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)
Brahmaea (Brahmophthalma ) wallichii wallichii Gray, 1831 (Bombyx)
Nepal
= Bombyx spectabilis Hope, 1841: 443 (TL. ‘‘collected in the territories of Assam’’ [India])
= Brahmaea rufescens Butler, 1880: 62 (TL. NE Bengal)
= Brahmaea conchifera Butler, 1880: 188 (TL. Sylhet)
Brahmaea was nomenclaturally available but without included species until Walker (1855): 1315.
Distribution
NE Bengal, Khasi Hills, Mandi
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, West Bengal
Indian Himalaya
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