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Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Saturniidae

Subfamily

Saturniinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Saturniini

Genus

Rinaca Walker, 1855

Type Species

Saturnia zuleika Hope, 1843

= Caligula Moore, 1862: 321 (TS. Saturnia simla Westwood, [1847]: [41], pl. 20, by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892)).
= Calligula; Lucas (1902: 622) (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
= Dictyoploca Jordan, [1911]: 218 (TS. Saturnia simla Westwood, [1847], by subsequent designation by Jordan (1957)). Dictyoploca is a junior objective synonym of Caligula.

Species/Subspecies

Rinaca grotei Moore, 1859 (Saturnia)

Type Locality

Darjeeling [West Bengal, India] (Lectotype designated by Naumann & Nässig 2010a)

Remarks

The records from other parts of India (Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andaman) and those from outside India (Tibet, Nepal) are most probably based on misidentification (Naumann & Nässig 2010a).

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

Restricted to Darjeeling and Sikkim

States/Union Territories

Sikkim, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya

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