Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea
Saturniidae
Saturniinae
Saturniini
Antheraea Hübner, [1819] 1816
Phalaena mylitta Drury, 1773
= Carmenta Weymer, 1906: 74 (TS. Antheraea cordifolia Weymer, 1906: 71, by original designation. Carmenta Weymer is a junior homonym of Carmenta Edwards, 1881 (Sesiidae). There is no objective replacement name, but A. cordifolia is congeneric with Phalaena mylitta, the type-species of Antheraea; the latter is thus available for use as a subjective replacement name (Fletcher & Nye 1982).
= Loepantheraea Toxopeus, 1940: 59 (TS. Loepantheraea rosieri Toxopeus, 1940: 59, by original designation)
Telea Hübner, [1819] 1816
Phalaena polyphemus Cramer, [1776] 1775
= Metosamia Druce, 1892: 276 (TS. Metosamia godmani Druce, 1892: 277, by original designation)
= Thelea; Gauckler (1898: 200) (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Antheraea (Telea ) compta Rothschild , 1899
Khasia Hills, Assam [now in Meghalaya, India]
1) Subgenus Telea is mainly distributed in Nearctic-Neotropical realms. Antheraea compta is the only member of Telea reported from this restricted part of Oriental region. 2) Antheraea (Telea) compta are rare in collections worldwide. They fly at upland mid-altitudes (ca. 1000–2500 m) in the height of summer, basically June-July. Species is considered to be a strictly univoltine. 3) Most of the Himalayan records and records in addition to those of specified by Liu (2023) require further investigation.
Distribution
Meghalaya subtropical forests (Khasi hills, Jaintia hills), Hahim
Assam, Meghalaya
North East
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