Brahmaea

Brahmaea
Brahmaea wallichii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Brahmaeidae
Genus:	Brahmaea Walker, 1855
Synonyms
BrahmophthalmaMell, 1930 BrahmaeopsBryk, 1949 Acanthobrahmaea Sauter, 1967

Brahmaea is a genus of moths of the family Brahmaeidae. ^[1] Acanthobrahmaea, Brahmidia, and Brachygnatha are synonyms. ^[2] Acanthobrahmaea has sometimes been considered a subgenus, ^[3] describing an endemic relict species that only occurs in the vicinity of the Monte Vulture in Italy.

Species

• Brachygnatha diastemata, found in China (Shaanxi). ^[4] Zhang & Yang, 1993
• Brahmaea ardjoeno (Kalis, 1934)
• Brahmaea celebica Toxopeus, 1939
• Brahmaea certhia (Fabricius, 1793)
• Brahmaea christophi Staudinger, 1879
• Brahmaea hearseyi (White, 1862)
• Brahmaea japonica (Butler, 1873)
• Brahmaea ledereri (Rogenhofer, 1873)
• Brahmaea litserra H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002
• Brahmaea loeffleri Naumann & Brosch, 2005
• Brahmaea naessigi Naumann & Brosch, 2005
• Brahmaea paukstadtorum Naumann & Brosch, 2005
• Brahmaea tancrei (Austaut, 1896)
• Brahmaea wallichii (Gray, 1831) ^[5]
• Brahmidia polymehntas H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Brahmaea Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
2. Kitching, Ian; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris; St Laurent, Ryan; Naumann, Stefan; Ballesteros Mejia, Liliana; Kawahara, Akito (12 February 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 e22236. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236 . PMC   5904559 .
3. "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
4. Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
5. Savela, Markku. "Acanthobrahmaea Sauter, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2018.

Further reading

• Freina de, J.J., 1982: Eine neue population von Brahmaea ledereri Rogenhofer, 1873, (Brahmaea ledereri zaba ssp. n.) in Türkisch-Kurdistan, sowie nachweis der konspezifität von Brahmaea ledereri Rogenhofer, 1873, und Brahmaea christophi Staudinger, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae). Entomofauna3 (9): 129–139. Full article: .
• Hao, H.L. ; X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002: Two new species of Brahmaeidae from China (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica45 (Suppl.): 53–55. Full article:
• Naumann, S. & U. Brosch, 2005: Zur verbreitung der hearseyi-Gruppe (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae: Brahmaea Walker, 1855) in Indonesien und auf den Philippinen. Galathea21 (2): 97–104.