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Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Eupterotidae

Subfamily

Eupterotinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Apha  Walker, 1855

Type Species

Apha subdives Walker, 1855

= Preptothauma Draudt, 1931: 121 (TS: Preptothauma oxydiata Draudt, 1931: 122, by monotypy)

Species/Subspecies

Apha  floralis Butler, 1881

Type Locality

Darjeeling (Lectotype designated by Zolotuhin et al. (2020)) [West Bengal, India]

=Preptothauma oxydiata Draudt, 1931: 121 (TL. West-Columbia, Altaquer, 500 m, however Forbes (1955: 85) indicated that P. oxydata is an East Asiatic species and thus believed that the locality label is wrong. Zolotuhin et al. (2020) reaffirmed the statement and considered P. oxydata as a junior synonym of A. floralis).

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

Darjeeling, Northern India [indicates North East India]

States/Union Territories

Sikkim, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East

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