Taxonomic Information
Placed in genus Rinaca based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020). Saturnia lindia is a synonym.
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Rinaca lindia (Moore, 1865) – Birch Emperor Moth: Juglans regia (Juglandaceae),Populus deltoides (Salicaceae) (Robinson et al.2010).
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae, pg 23, # 19.
- Pittaway, A.R. 2017. Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic (including Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, western Siberia and western Central Asia). http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/c_lin.htm [accessed 02 February 2017] [Site accessed: February 2, 2017] as Caligula lindia.
- Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A., 2010. Revisional notes on the species-group of Saturnia grotei Moore, 1859 of the genus Saturnia Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, 31(1/2), pp.31-62.
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website).
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=398073 [accessed 02 February 2017] - Dar, A. A., Shah, M. S., Jamal, K. & Javid, M. 2022. Detailed Taxonomic Redescription, Distribution, and Rediscovery of the Birch Emperor Moth, Rinaca lindia (Moore,1865) (Bombycoidea: Saturniidae) from Jammu & Kashmir, India, After a 38-Year Hiatus. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 76(3), 203-206. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.76i3.a5
- Rubinoff, D. and Doorenweerd, C., 2020. Systematics and biogeography reciprocally illuminate taxonomic revisions in the silkmoth genus Saturnia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 74(1), pp.1-6.
Note: Moved to genus Rinaca from Saturnia based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020) on 12 Dec 2022 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Rinaca lindia (Moore, 1865) – Birch Emperor Moth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/rinaca-lindia, accessed 2025/11/10.