Taxonomic Information
Placed in Genus Rinaca based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020). Saturnia thibeta is a synonym.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Uttarakhand | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Rinaca thibeta (Westwood, 1854) – Higher-Himalayan Emperor Moth - Glochidion zeylanicum (Phyllanthaceae), Ligustrum ovalifolium (Oleaceae), Lyonia ovalifolia (Ericaceae), Quercus variabilis (Fagaceae) (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 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 22, # 16.
- Pinratana, A. & R.E. Lampe. 1990. Moths of Thailand, Volume 1: Saturniidae. Pg. 33, Pl. 39.
- Gogoi, H., G. Borah, T. Habung & K. Wangsa. 2014. A Field Survey Of The Silk Moths (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) In West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh And Threats To Their Population. Journal of Bioresources 1(1):16-24. Pg. 20.
- 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.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/338245-Saturnia-thibeta
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=777214
Note: Moved to genus Rinaca from Saturnia based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020) on 12 Dec 2022 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Rinaca thibeta (Westwood, 1854) – Higher-Himalayan Emperor Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/rinaca-thibeta, accessed 2024/12/04.