RINACA OF THE WORLD

Rinaca belongs to the Saturniini tribe of Subfamily Saturniinae, Family Saturniidae.

Rinaca is a subgenus of Saturnia, Schrank, 1802.

Caligula Moore, 1862 is senior objective synonym of Dictyoploca Jordan, 1911. The name Caligula was used in subjective synonymy to Rinaca Walker, 1855 as a subgenus of Saturnia Schrank.

Some of the species below are therefore included with Caligula.

Listing of Rinaca

N chinghaina Zhu & Wang, 1993 China: Hebei
N chinensis Rebel [1926] China
N chinensis luteoshaanxiana Brechlin, 2011 China, Shaanxi prov., Tai bai shan Mts., Tsinling Mts., Houzbenzi, 33º51'N, 107º419'E, 1600 m. IX.2003
N shaanxiana Brechlin, 2009 China: Shaanxi
N ruda Brechlin, 2011 China, Sichuan, S of Kangding, 2800 m., near Menghugang. 15.X.2009.
N saldaitisi Brechlin, 2011 China: western Sichuan near Xinduquiao, 3500m, October
N pelelaensis Brechlin, 2009 Bhutan, E Himalaya, road Thimphu-Trongsa, E of Pele La-pass, 2460 m., Chuserba, 5 km W Chendebji, ca. 90º19'E, 27º26'N.Holotype: ZSM. male ?. 30.X.-04.XI.2008.
N algisrimasi Brechlin, Floriani & Saldaitis, 2012 China: Yunnan near Zhongdian
P anna (Moore, 1865) Himalaya; Tibet, China; West Bengal, India; Nepal; Bhutan
N anna diversa (Bryk, 1944) N Thailand; SW China; N Vietnam; N Myanmar
P bieti Oberthur, 1886 China: Tibet
P boisduvalii Eversmann, 1846 Ussury, Russia, Japan
P boisduvalii fallax (Jordan, 1911) Japan, China, probably nominate boisduvalii in China; and jonasi in Japan
N bonita (Jordan, 1911) Yatung, Tibet, India, Bhutan, Nepal
P cachara (Moore, 1872) Nepal, Thailand, China, maybe Bhutan
N dejeani Bouvier & Riel, 1931 Neotype: SMFL. male ?. (designated by Naumann & Nässig, 2010) formerly Caligula anna var. dejeani
N dusii Brechlin, R. & Saldaitis, A. (2014) Sichuan province, China
N diversa Bryk, 1944 Type locality: Burma, (at the Yunnan border, ca. 10 km W Jiangao Shan), Kambaiti, 2000 m. Holotype: NRSS. male ?. 2.-8.IV.1934. formerly a Synonyms ofCaligula anna diversa Bryk, 1944
N florianii Brechlin, 2011 China, Sichuan, S of Kangding, 2800 m., near Menghugang. 15.X.2009. leg. Floriani & Saldaitis.
P fujiana Brechlin, 2007) China: Fujian
P fukudai (Sonan, 1937) Taiwan
P grotei Moore, [1859] Nepal, maybe Bhutan
P heinrichi (Lemaire, 1976) Burma
N hockingii Moore, 1888 India, NW Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Kullu. Lectotype: BMNH. male ?. (designated by Brechlin, 2001)
P japonica (Moore, 1872), China, Japan
P japonica arisana (Shiraki, 1913) Taiwan
P japonica ryukyuensis (Inoue, 1984) Japan
P jonasi (Butler, 1877) Japan
P jonasi fallax Jordan, 1911 Japan, Koreas, Russian Far East, China probably nominate boisduvalii in China; and nominate jonasi in Japan
P kitchingi Brechlin, 2001, Shaanxi province, Tai bai shaan Mts.,China
P lindia (Moore, 1865) Himalaya, Nepal, China
P microcaligula Nässig, 1994 now a synonym of cachara
N minshanensis Brechlin, 2011 China, Gansu prov., Min Shan Mts., 2350 m., 50 km. W Wudu, 104º35'E, 33º30'N.Holotype: MWM. male ?. BC-RBP no. 1048. 27.VII-14.VIII.2000.leg. Sinjaev.
N nanlingensis Brechlin, 2004 ?? China: Guangdong and Hunan
P naumanni Brechlin, 2001 Vietnam (N) / Tonkin, Mt. Fan Si Pan; Sa Pa, possibly southern China
N paragrotei Naumann & Nässig, 2010 Nepal, Kakani, 2070 m.Holotype: ZMHU. male ?. 11.VII.2009.
N rosalata Naumann & Nässig, 2010 Type locality: Nepal, Sagamartha, 10 km SE Lukla, 3500 m.Holotype: SMFL. male ?. 13.-14.VI.1999. leg. M. Petersen.
N sillemi (Bouvier, 1936), Type locality: India/Pakistan: Ladakh, Karakorum, Leh, 3700 m. Holotype: ZMA. female ?. 30.V.1929. leg. J.A. Sillem. formerly a subspecies of Caligula lindia sillemi Bouvier, 1936
P simla (Westwood, 1847) Nepal, Bhutan, India Caligula
N sinanna Naumann & Nässig, 2010, Type locality: China, Sichuan Province, Abulandan Shan, Dechang, 27º25'N, 102º6'E.Holotype: SMFL. male ?. VII.2005.
P sinjaevi Brechlin, 2004 China
P thibeta (Westwood, [1854]) Nepal, Bhutan, India, Thailand, southern China
P thibeta arctica China,
P thibeta extensa (Butler, 1881) northeast India
P thibeta okurai Okano, 1960 Taiwan
N thibeta pahangensis Paukstadt, U. & Paukstadt, L.H., 2005; Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
P tsinlingshanis Mell, 1939 Tsinling Mts, Shaanxi Province, China
N tibetanna Naumann & Nässig, 2010 Type locality: China, Tibet, Yigong, 2300-2400 m., Holotype: ZMHU. male ?. IX.-X.1996. leg. Wang.
P winbrechlini Brechlin, 2000 Shaanxi, China
P witti Brechlin, 1997 Nepal, Bhutan, Himalaya
N yunnana (Mell, 1939) Type locality: China, NW Yunnan, Likiang (= Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian); Lectotype: ZFMK. male ?. (designated by Naumann & Nässig, 2010) formerly Caligula anna yunnana Mell, 1939
P zuleika Hope, 1843 Nepal, Bhutan, southern China
P zuleika lesoudieri Le Moult, 1933 Laos, Thailand

boisduvalii Species Subgroup

Species: (2):
S. (R.) boisduvalii – S. (R.) chinghaina

jonasi Species Subgroup

Species: (10):
S. (R.) algisrimasi – S. (R.) chinensis – S. (R.) dusii – S. (R.) fujiana – S. (R.) fukudai – S. (R.) jonasi – S. (R.) naumanni – S. (R.) ruda – S. (R.) saldaitisi – S. (R.) shaanxiana – S. (R.) sinjaevi

witti Species Subgroup

Species: (2):
S. (R.) pelelaensis – S. (R.) witti

winbrechlini Species Group

Species: (3):
S. (R.) florianii – S. (R.) minshanensis – S. (R.) winbrechlini

unknown Species Group; many of them in the grotei Species Group

S. (R.) anna – S. (R.) bieti – S. (R.) bonita – S. (R.) cachara – S. (R.) dejeani – S. (R.) diversa – S. (R.) grotei – S. (R.) hockingii – S. (R.) kitchingi – S. (R.) lindia – S. (R.) microcaligula – S. (R.) nanlingensis – S. (R.) paragrotei – S. (R.) rosalata – S. (R.) sillemi – S. (R.) sinanna – S. (R.) thibeta – S. (R.) tibetanna – S. (R.) tsinlingshanis – S. (R.) yunnana

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On my home computer only: notes on Saturniidae of Bhutan by Ronald Brechlin (in English) as published in Entomo-Satsphingia 2 (1): 47 – 55 (March 2009)

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