Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea
Eupterotidae
Eupterotinae
Eupterote Hübner, [1820] 1816
Phalaena fabia Cramer, [1779]
= Brachytera C. Felder & R. Felder in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, [1874]: pl. 95 (TS: Brachytera phalaenaria C. Felder & R. Felder in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, [1874]: pl. 95, by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892))
= Messata Walker, 1855: 1103 (Key), 1107 (TS: Messaga rubiginosa Walker, 1855: 1108, by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892))
= Murlida Moore, [1860] 1858–59: 422 (TS: Lasiocampa lineosa Walker, 1855: 1440, by monotypy)
= Leptojana Butler, 1881: 68 (TS: Dreata lineata Walker, 1855: 907, by original designation)
= Pachyjana Butler, 1881: 69 (TS: Dreata undans Walker, 1855: 905, by original designation)
= Horanpella Moore, [1883] 1882–3: 143 (TS: Horanpella placida Moore, [1883]: 143, by monotypy)
= Spalyria Moore, 1884: 370 (TS: Bombyx collaris Guérin-Méneville, 1843: 95, by original designation)
= Euterote; Swinhoe (1893: 211) (an incorrect subsequent spelling )
= Drepanojana Bryk, 1944a: 29 (TS: Eupterote citheronia Bryk, 1944a: 29, by original designation. Drepanojana Bryk is a junior homonym of Drepanojana Aurivillius, 1893: 212 (Eupterotidae)
= Heringijana Bryk, 1944: 222 (TS: Eupterote citheronia Bryk, 1944: 29, by original designation. Heringijana is an objective replacement name of Drepanojana Bryk, 1944: 29)
Eupterote orientalis Fabricius, 1793 (Bombyx)
‘‘India orientali’’
= Dreata geminata Walker, 1855: 907 (TL. Ceylon)
= Dreata anada Moore, [1860]: 365 (TL. Canara)
= Brachytera phalaenaria C. Felder & R. Felder in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, [1874]: pl. 95 (TL. Ceylon)
= Eupterote geminata var. hebes Grünberg, 1914: 75 (TL. Ceylon)
The type locality for E. orientalis, originally given as “India orientali”, is likely to be Sri Lanka (Zolotuhin 2018). In addition to the five synonymic taxa (mentioned above), included by Zolotuhin (2018) as junior synonyms of E. orientalis, Kitching et al. (2018) additionally included: [genus unconfirmed] aenescens Moore, Dreata plumipes Walker, [genus unconfirmed] quadrifasciata Moore, and Messeta rubiginosa Walker as junior synonyms of E. orientalis.
Distribution
N[orth] India, Western Himalaya, Malabar, Kanara
Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka
Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, Western Ghats
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