Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea
Saturniidae
Saturniinae
Saturniini
Rinaca Walker, 1855
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.
Rinaca lindia Moore, 1865 (Saturnia)
‘‘N.E. India’’ (Lectotype designated by Brechlin (2001a))
= Saturnia hockingii Moore, 1888: 402 (Lectotype designated by Brechlin 2001a; TL. Kulu [North West Himalaya])
= Caligula lindia sillemi Bouvier, 1936: 212, 214
= Caligula lindia “ab.” [= f.] ‡sillemi Bouvier, 1935 [infrasubspecific, unavailable]
Naumann & Nässig (2010) discussed Rinaca lindia as the western species of the lindia-rosalata-bonita group, with a wide range from NW India to Afghanistan. However, not been commented upon its type locality ‘‘N.E. India’’ based on the lectotype designation by Brechlin (2001). Records of Dar et al. (2021, 2022) need further investigation.
Distribution
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand
Indian Himalaya
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