A Checklist of Saturniidae of the Kingdom of Bhutan reported by Ronald Brechlin in 2009
Compiled by: Irungbam Jatishwor Singh, Mendrelgang Middle Secondary School, Tsirang
Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 Family: Saturniidae BOISDUVAL, 1837 [“1834”] Subfamily: Saturniinae BOISDUVAL, 1837 [“1834”]
Genus: Attacus, LINNAEUS, 1767 1. Attacus atlas , Linnaeus 1758 ATLAS MOTH
Genus: Archaeoattacus, WATSON in PACKARD, 1914 2. Archaeoattacus edwardsii, White 1859 EDWARD’S ATLAS MOTH
Genus: Samia, HÜBNER, 1819 [“1816”] 3. Samia canningii , Hutton 1859 WILD ERI SILK MOTH
Genus: Rhodinia, STAUDINGER, 1892 4. Rhodinia newara , Moore 1872 RUSTY EMPEROR MOTH
Genus: Actias, LEACH in LEACH & NODDER, 1815 5. Actias selene selene , Hubner 1806 INDIAN MOON MOTH 6. Actias parasinensis, Brechlin 2009 WESTERN CHINESE MOON MOTH 7. Actias maenas maenas , Doubleday 1847 MALAYSIAN MOON MOTH
Genus: Saturnia, SCHRANK, 1802 8. Saturnia (Rinaca) zuleika , Hope 1843 MOTTLED EMPEROR MOTH 9. Saturnia (Rinaca) simla , Westwood 1847 LOWER-HIMALAYAN EMPEROR MOTH 10. Saturnia (Rinaca) thibeta , Westwood 1853 HIGHER-HIMALAYAN EMPEROR MOTH 11. Saturnia (Rinaca) anna anna , Moore 1865 YELLOW-SPOTTED EMPEROR MOTH 12. Saturnia (Rinaca) bonita , Jordan 1911 TIBETAN EMPEROR MOTH 13. Saturnia (Rinaca) witti, Brechlin 1997 WITT’S EMPEROR MOTH
Genus: Loepa, MOORE, 1959 14. Loepa miranda , Atkinson in Moore 1865 PALE GOLDEN-EMPEROR MOTH 15. Loepa diffundata , NAUMANN, NÄSSIG & LÖFFLER,2008 COMMON GOLDEN- EMPEROR MOTH 16. Loepa katinka, Westwood 1847 PLAIN GOLDEN-EMPEROR MOTH
Genus: Cricula, WALKER, 1855 17. Cricula trifenestrata trifenestrata , Helfer 1837 THREE WINDOWED CRICULA
Genus: Antheraea, HÜBNER, 1819 [„1816“] 18. Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) assamensis, Helfer 1837 MOGA SILK MOTH 19. Antheraea (Antheraea) frithi frithi , Moore 1859 FRITH’S TASAR SILK MOTH 20. Antheraea (Antheraea) roylii roylii , Moore 1859 TASAR SILK MOTH* 21. Antheraea (Antheraea) rubicunda, Brechlin 2009 ROSY TASAR SILK MOTH 22. Antheraea (Antheraea) helferi helferi , Moore 1859 HELFER’S TASAR SILK MOTH
Genus: Salassa, MOORE, 1859 23. Salassa mesosa mesosa, Jordan 1910 KHASI SALASSA 24. Salassa lola , Westwood 1847 RED-EYED SALASSA 25. Salassa belinda belinda , Witt & Pugaev 2007 BELINDA’S SALASSA 26. Salassa royi , Elwes 1887 BLACK-EYED SALASSA 27. Salassa bhutanensis , Brechlin 2009 BHUTAN SALASSA
Additional taxa that are expected in Bhutan 1. Saturnia (Rinaca) cachara , Moore 1872 ASSAM EMPEROR MOTH 2. Saturnia (Rinaca) grotei, Moore 1859 PLAIN-BORDERED EMPEROR MOTH 3. Saturnia (Rinaca) cidosa, Moore 1865 DARK EMPEROR MOTH* 4. Loepa sikkima sikkima, Moore 1865 DARK GOLDEN-EMPEROR MOTH 5. Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) castanea , Jordan 1910 CHESTNUT MOGA SILK MOTH 6. Salassa iris, Jordan 1910 FLAME-EYED SALASSA
REFERENCE: 1. Brechlin, R. (2009). An annotated checklist of the Saturniidae and Brahmaeidae (Lepidoptera) of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Entomo-Satsphingia 2 (1): 47 – 55. 2. Kitching, I. J., Kendrick, R. & Smetacek P. (2012). List of Indian, Nepalese, Bhutanese and Sri Lankan Emperor moths and wild silk moths, including common names.