Taxonomic Information
Placed in Genus Rinaca based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020). Saturnia lesoudieri is a synonym.
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| Total | 1 |
- http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/1037375 [accessed 27 January 2017]
- Naumann, S., Löffler, S., Nässig, W.A. and Nässig, W.A., 2010. Two species in Saturnia (Rinaca) zuleika Hope, 1843 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nach rich ten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Frankfurt am Main, NF, 31(3), pp.127-143.
- 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.
- The Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) of Thailand http://www.wildsilkmoth-indonesia.com/pic_a/gp0110i.html [accessed 27 January 2017]
Note: Moved to genus Rinaca from Saturnia based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020) on 12 Dec 2022 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Rinaca lesoudieri (Le Moult, 1933) – Round-eyed 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/rinaca-lesoudieri, accessed 2025/11/01.