Saturniidae of India

India has three major seasons: winter, summer, monsoon. Winter months (November-March) are bright and pleasant, with snowfall in the northern hills. Summer time (April-June) is hot in most parts of India, and it is then that the numerous hill resorts provide cool retreat. During the monsoon, rainfall is heavy along the west coast between June and September (southwest monsoon), and along the east coast between mid-October and December (northeast monsoon).

The summer is extremely hot in non-Himalayan India, with temperatures reaching 48 C during non-monsoon months.

Actias maenas North central
Actias parasinensis Assam
Actias rhodopneuma Assam, Northeast
Actias selene
Actias witti Little Andamans

Antheraeopsis (Antheraea) assamenis
Antheraeopsis (Antheraea) castanea
Antheraeopsis (Antheraea) rudloffi S. Adamans
Antheraea andamana (Prashanth Mohanraj & Veenakumari 2002). Adamans
Antheraea andamana Moore, 1877 Adaman Islands
Antheraea cernyi S. Adamans
Antheraea compta
Antherea frithi
Antheraea helferi
Antherea insularis
Antherea knyvetti
Antheraea meisteri S. Adamans
Antheraea mylitta
Antheraea paphia
Antheraea pernyi
Antheraea proylii
Antheraea roylii

Archaeoattacus edwardsii

Attacus atlas North and East
Attacus mcmulleni Andaman Islands

Caligula anna West Bengal
Caligula cachara
Caligula grotei ?
Caligula lindia Kashmir, India
Caligula simla
Caligula thibeta Northwest
Caligula thibeta extensa Northeast
Caligula zuleika Northeast (CB), also Sikkim in northwestern India

Cricula agria southern India
Cricula andamanica
Cricula andrei
Cricula trifenestrata
Cricula trifenestrata agrioides

Saturnia cidosa

Saturnia Rinaca hockingii

Lemaireia luteopeplus

Loepa bretschneideri northeastern India
Loepa diffundata northeastern India
Loepa katinka northern India
Loepa schintlmeisteri southern India
Loepa sikkima ??N.E. Himalaya

Neoris huttoni huttoni northern India

Rhodinia newara northern India

Solus drepanoides northern India: West Bengal: Darjiling

Salassa iris India (albcol)
Salassa lola northern India
Salassa mesosa northeastern India: Assam

Sinobirma bouyeri Arunachal Pradesh near Rapum (extreme northeastern India)

Samia

The following Saturniidae are reported by from Nepal:

Salassa belinda Witt & Pugaev, 2007 eastern Nepal
Salassa belinda aeos Witt & Pugaev, 2007 western Nepal
Salassa royi
Salassa lola

Attacus atlas

Archaeoattacus edwardsii

Rhodinia newara

Actias maenas
Actias selene

Saturnia (Rinaca) zuleika
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibeta
Saturnia (Rinaca) simla
Saturnia (Rinaca) cachara
Saturnia (Rinaca) witti
Saturnia (Rinaca) anna
Saturnia (Rinaca) lindia
Saturnia (Rinaca) grotei

Saturnia (Saturnia) pyretorum

Loepa miranda
Loepa katinka
Loepa diversiocellata; now diffundata
Loepa sikkima sikkima

Cricula trifenestrata

Antheraea (Antheraeopsis)

Antheraea (Antheraea) frithi
Antheraea (Antheraea) mylitta
Antheraea (Antheraea) helferi
Antheraea (Antheraea) (pernyi) roylii roylii

October 15-20: Antheraea andamana, Antheraea helferi, Actias callandra, Actias igneus, Attacus mcmulleni, Samia cynthia fluva, and Cricula trifenestra are from Port Blair, Andaman Islands. Antheraea andamana, Actias callandra and Attacus mcmulleni are endemic to Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Antheraea jana Adaman

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Actias selene (Huebner) Distribution: Kolkata , Darjiling (Darjiling) and North 24 Pgs (Khardha).

Sonthonnaxia maenas (Doubleday) Distribution: Darjiling.

Rhodinia newara (Moore) Distribution: Darjiling.

Antheraea paphia (Linnaeus) Distribution: Kolkata , Darjiling (Kurseong), Hugli (Chandan nagar), Medinipur , North 24 Pgs (Agarpara) and South 24 Pgs (Akra, Champahati).

Antheraea frithi Moore Distribution: Darjiling.

Antheraea roylei Moore Distribution: Darjiling.

Antharaea Helferi Moore Distribution: Darjiling.

Loepa katinka (Westwood) Distribution: Darjiling.

Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer) Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Kurseong).

Attacus atlas (Linnaeus) Distribution: Darjiling.

Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White) Distribution: Darjiling.

Samia cynthia (Drury) Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Kurseong) and Dinajpur.

Rinaca zuleika (Hope) Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling Govt. College).

Caligula thibeta extensa (Butler) Distribution: Darjiling.

Caligula anna (Moore) Distribution: Darjiling.

Caligula lindia Moore Distribution: Darjiling.

Noris huttoni Moore Distribution: Darjiling.

Solus drepanoides (Moore) Distribution: Darjiling.

Subfamily: Salassinae

Salassa lola (Westwood) Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom Bhujang).

Salassa royi (Elwes) Distribution: Darjiling.

From Pakistan:

Saturnia codyi 4000m northern Pakistan; Northwest Frontier Province, Ghizar Mountains, Yasin, September, and in Western Gilgit Province.
Saturnia shadulla/galeropa group
Caligula lindia
Afghanistan:

Saturnia shadulla/galeropa group
Actias selene ssp.