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Updated as per personal communication with Ron Brechlin (Entomo-Satsphingia 2 (2): 43 – 49 (Oktober 2009)
"Drei neue Arten der Gattung Salassa Moore, 1859"; March 31, 2010 |
Salassa tonkiniana male, 120mm, Vietnam, courtesy of Kelly Price.
Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 |
"Moon River" |
It is sympatric with Salassa tonkiniana, but is generally smaller than S. tonkiniana.
The male at the top of the page is either an unusually large S. paratonkiniana, or it is another as yet undescribed species.
Salassa tonkiniana male, 80mm, Vietnam, courtesy of Kelly Price.
Salassa paratonkiniana male.
Salassa paratonkiniana female, Mount Fan Si Pan, Vietnam, courtesy of Ron Brechlin.
Salassa tonkiniana male (verso) 120mm, Vietnam, courtesy of Kelly Price.
Salassa tonkiniana small male (verso) 80mm, Vietnam, courtesy of Kelly Price.
The verso image of the larger male (120mm) seems quite different from that of the smaller male, so I think the larger male male be a natural hybrid or something other than either S. tonkiniana or S. paratonkiniana. The only other Salassa species known from northern Vietnam is Salassa fansipana. I do not think it is fansipana.
Salassa fansipana left and Salassa paratonkiniana right, Vietnam,
courtesy of Kelly Price.
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The European Entomologist, Vol. 2, No. 3{4}, pp 93-122, on my home computer only.
Entomo-Satsphingia 2 (2): 43 – 49 (Oktober 2009) "Drei neue Arten der Gattung Salassa Moore, 1859", (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Salassinae) Ronald Brechlin, on my home computer only.