Created based on common species from Bhutan, Northern India and Myanmar; March 8, 2013

Saturniidae of Bangladesh


Bhutan Districts

This page combines the listings for Bhutan (Bh) and Myanmar (My) to give an approximation??? of what may fly in Bangladesh.



Actias maenas western (Samtse, 1050m) and central at 650m; June; Bh & My
Actias parasinensis March/(April?), May/June and July/August and October (SD); 700-2400m (SD); Bh
Actias selene above 2500m; (1500m SD), western Bhutan; June-July; September (SD); Bh & My

Actias dubernardi (Oberthur, 1897) SN; just My
Actias maenas (Doubleday, 1847) ; just My
Actias rhodopneuma Röber, 1925; just My
Actias selene (Hübner, 1806) ssp?; just My
Actias selene malaisei Bryk, 1944 SN; just My
Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855) SN; just My
Actias sinensis heterogyna Mell, 1914 ; just My
Actias winbrechlini Brechlin, 2007 SN; just My
Antheraea assamenis 650 m; SE Bhutan; July; Bh & My; Bangladesh as assama
Antheraea castanea ?? possibly but not confirmed
Antheraea compta ?? possibly but not confirmed
Antherea frithi frithi 1500 m; W Bhutan; May-June; Bh & My
Antherea helferi helferi 1100 m; SE Bhutan; July; Bh & My
Antherea insularis ??
Antherea knyvetti ??
Antheraea mylitta Bangladesh
Antheraea paphia Bangladesh
Antheraea proylii ??
Antheraea roylii common at higher elevations (2500-3200 m); W Bhutan; a single female at 1500 m; May-July
Antheraea rubicunda 2000-2300-2400 m); June; September (SD)

Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) castanea Jordan, 1910 SN; just My
Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) mezops (Bryk, 1944) (originally as Antheraea assamensis mezops; changed to Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) mezops, Paukstadt, 1999;
equated with castanea SN, 2008)
Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) youngi Watson, 1915, possibly in the southern states

Antheraea (Antheraea) gschwandneri Niepelt, 1918 ?; just My
Antheraea myanmarensis U.Paukstadt, L.H.Paukstadt & Brosch, 1998; just My [junior synonym of A. gschwandneri].
Antheraea (Antheraea) lampei Nässig & Holloway, 1989; just My
Antheraea (Antheraea) larissa ridlyi Moore, 1892; just My
Antheraea (Antheraea) pedunculata Bouvier, 1936 ?; just My
Antheraea (Antheraea) platessa platessa W. Rothschild, 1903; just My
Antheraea roylii roylii (Guérin-Méneville, 1855)
SN; just My
Antheraea (Antheraea) rosieri (Toxopeus, 1940); just My
Antheraea (Antheraea) steinkeorum U. Paukstadt, L.H. Paukstadt & Brosch, 1999 [?]; just My

Archaeoattacus edwardsii below 1800m in western Bhutan; May-August; Bh & My

Attacus atlas below 1000m in southern Bhutan; May-September; Bh & My; Bangladesh

Cricula andrei ?? possibly but not confirmed
Cricula trifenestrata June, in the southern part of C Bhutan: Zhemgang area; Bh & My; Bangladesh

Cricula aungsansuukyiae Naumann & Loffler, 2010; just My
Cricula jordani Bryk, 1944 SN; (originally as C. andrei jordani, elevated to jordani, Nassig, 1989); just My
Cricula tonkintrifenstratoides Brechlin, 2010; just My
Cricula zubsiana Nassig, 1985 SN; just My

Saturnia (Rinaca) anna 1500-3000 m; May-June
Saturnia (Rinaca) bonita W Bhutan 2600-3000 m; April-June
Saturnia (Rinaca) cachara ?? possibly but not confirmed; Bh & My
Saturnia (Rinaca) grotei ?? possibly but not confirmed
Saturnia (Rinaca) lindia Kashmir, India possibly but not confirmed
Saturnia (Rinaca) simla common below 1800m; October-November; Bh & My
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibeta common below 1800m; October-November; Bh & My
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibeta extensa Northeast, possibly same as nominate species??
Saturnia (Rinaca) witti western part of C Bhutan, 2500 m; late October-early November
Saturnia (Rinaca) zuleika south central, 1900m, July; Bh & My

Saturnia (Saturnia) cidosa possibly but not confirmed

Saturnia (Saturnia) centralis Naumann & Loeffler, 2005 ; Bh & My
Saturnia (Saturnia) pinratanai Lampe, 1989 ; just My
Saturnia (Rinaca) anna diversa Bryk, 1944 SN; just My
Saturnia (Rinaca) bieti Oberthur, 1886 SN; just My
Saturnia (Rinaca) heinrichi (Lemaire, 1976) SN; just My
Saturnia (Rinaca) lesoudieri (Le Moult, 1933); just My

Lemaireia luteopeplus possibly but not confirmed; just Bh

Lemaireia luteopeplus aureopeplus Nässig & Holloway, 1988 SN: subspecies in question; just My

Loepa miranda 1400-1800 m; late September-early October; Bh & My
Loepa diffundata 1200-1500 m; W, C and E Bhutan; June-July; September; probably replaced in Bhutan by diffunoccidentalis Bh & My
Loepa diffunoccidentalis, Brechlin, 2010; Bh & My
Loepa diversiocellata, now (2008) diffundata Bh & My
Loepa katinka W and C Bhutan; 1500 and 2500 m; May-July; just Bh
Loepa sikkima ?? probably; Bh & My

Loepa siamensis malayensis, Brechlin, 2010 just My

Neoris huttoni huttoni northern India ??; just Bh

Rhodinia newara November-December; Bh & My

Salassa bhutanensis, Bhutan, copyright Sherub, via Sonam Dorji; just Bh

Salassa iris ?? probably; just Bh
Salassa mesosa common at 2000m; SE Bhutan; May-August; just Bh
Salassa tibaliva Thangthangka, Bhutan; just Bh

Salassa cottoni Stefan Naumann, Swen Loffler & Steve Kohll, 2010; Kachin, Sagaing, Chin states; just My
Salassa excellens Byrk, 1944 LR (originally as S. mesosa excellens) SN; just My
Salassa htayaungi Stefan Naumann, Swen Loffler & Steve Kohll, 2010; Kachin State; just My
Salassa inversa Stefan Naumann, Swen Loffler & Steve Kohll, 2010; Chin State; just My
Salassa katschinika Byrk, 1944 LR (originally as S. lola katshinica; elevated to katshinika, Witt and Pugaev, 2007) SN; just My
Salassa megastica Swinhoe, 1894 SN; just My
Salassa parakatschinica Brechlin 2009; just My

Samia canningii western Bhutan, 1500m, June; Bh & My

Samia kohlli Naumann & Peigler, 2001 SN; just My
Samia ricini (Iones, 1791) Bangladesh

Sinobirma malaise (Bryk, 1944) (originally as Opodiphthera (Sinobirma) malaise; changed to Sinobirma malaise, Nassig and Oberprieler, 1994; SN); just My

Solus p. parvifenestratus Bryk, 1944 SN; (originally as Solus parvifenestrata, emended to parvifenestratus, Nassig, 1989); just My
Solus p. gabaidanus Nassig, 1989; just My


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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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