Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea
Saturniidae
Saturniinae
Saturniini
Neoris Moore, 1862
Neoris huttoni Moore, 1862
Neoris stoliczkana C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874
“Lossar” (or Losar) in the Spiti valley [India] (“first village from Kun zum Pass”, at ca. 4000 m elevation, which is, according to Google Earth, at 32°26′ N, 77°45′ E)
=Saturnia stoliczkai Moore, 1879c: 8 (misspell or probably an unjustified emendation)
Lectotype designated by Nässig et al. (2017). In the original description, the type locality is mentioned as “Ladak (Stoliczka)”. However, on an additional label attached to the lectotype, “Lossar” is written, which is located as a village in Spiti valley, once a part of Ladakh (Nässig et al. 2017).
Distribution
North West Himalaya, Ladakh
Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Uttarakhand
Indian Himalaya
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