ANTHERAEOPSIS OF THE WORLD

Antheraeopsis is considered a subgenus of Antheraea and belongs to the Saturniini tribe of Subfamily Saturniinae, Family Saturniidae.

The subgenus consists of two groups:
1) castanea-group (sensu U. Paukstadt, L.H. Paukstadt & Brosch, 1998), =
assamensis-group (sensu Nässig, 1991) [senior synonym]
2) youngi-group (sensu Nässig, 1991)

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Listing of Antheraeopsis from the castanea group:

P assamensis (Helfer, 1837) India
P assama (Westwood, 1847) [likely a junior synonym] India
P castanea Jordan, 1910 northern India, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar (SN), China: Yunnan
N subvelata Bouvier, 1930 Assam, possible subspecies of assamensis
P mezops Bryk, 1944 Mt. Fan-si-pan, Vietnam; now a junior synonym of castanea (SN 2008)

Listing of Antheraeopsis from the youngi group:

P chengtuana WATSON, 1923 Myanmar, Vietnam, China.
P formosana Sonan, 1937 Taiwan
P paniki paniki NÄSSIG & TREADAWAY, 1998 Philippines
P paniki sahi NÄSSIG & TREADAWAY, 1998 Philippines
P youngi Watson, 1915 Sumatra, Borneo, Malaysia: West Malaysia (Pahang), East Malaysia (Brunei, Sarawak); Sabah: Mt. Trusmadi; Jawa (Java)

N rudloffi Brechlin, 2002 India: Adaman Island; I don't know "group" for this species

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