Subspecies in India
Replaces Antheraea pernyi roylei, which was earlier on the website. See notes on similar species.
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Antheraea roylei - Himalayan Oak Tasar Silk Moth
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Antheraea roylei Moore, 1858 – Himalayan Oak Tasar Silk Moth: Avena spp. (Poaceae), Betula alnoides (Betulaceae), Cyperus esculentus (Cyperaceae), Daphniphyllum himalense (Daphniphyllaceae), Tetradium fraxinifolium (Rutaceae), Lithocarpus dealbatus, Quercus acutissima, Quercus floribunda, Quercus glauca, Quercus helferiana, Quercus leucotrichofolia, Quercus semecarpifolia, Quercus serrata (Fagaceae), Madhuca longifolia (Sapotaceae), Malus pumila, Pyrus communis (Rosaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- OD: Antheraea roylei Moore, 1858. Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. E. I. House. 2, 397, no 919.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 26/4.
- Peigler, R.S., 2012. Diverse evidence that Antheraea pernyi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is entirely of sericultural origin. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 22(2), pp.93-99.
- Kitching, I.J., Rougerie, R., Zwick, A., Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Naumann, S., Mejia, L.B. and Kawahara, A.Y., 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity data journal, (6).
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=455120 [accessed 09 January 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Antheraea roylei Moore, 1858 – Himalayan Oak Tasar Silk Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.42. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/antheraea-roylei, accessed 2023/03/24.