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Giant Silk Mothsmoth from Sikkim
Dear WTB folk,
I found your site on the net and wish to know if you could help in identifying the attached moth from Sikkim Kind regards,
Usha
Sr. Research Officer (WL)
Dept. of Forest, Env. & WL Mgmt.
Government of Sikkim
Hi Usha,
This has not been an easy identification. Our internet sleuthing began on Kirby Wolfe’s website and images of Caligula simla and Caligula japonica. Armed with a genus, we located a wonderful page with Saturniidae Moths of Thailand that contains images of others in the genus including Caligula thibeta. Further research led us to an image of Caligula lindia. Finally, we believe we have success with Caligula zuleika.
Ed. Note: Usha wrote back with the following taxonomy update provided by Ian Kitching.
(09/24/2007)
Dear Usha,
The species name is correct but it is currently classified as Saturnia (Rinaca) zuleika. Caligula is currently a synonym of Rinaca, which itself is treated as a subgenus of Saturnia. Cheers,
Ian
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