Taxonomic Information
Placed in Genus Rinaca based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020). Saturnia anna is a synonym.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 |
- , pg 64, pl 47.
- 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.
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=177788 [accessed 4 Sep 2015]
Note: Moved to genus Rinaca from Saturnia based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020) on 12 Dec 2022 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Rinaca anna Moore, [1865] – Yellow-spotted Emperor Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/rinaca-anna, accessed 2025/01/19.