Taxonomic Information
Placed in genus Rinaca based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020). Saturnia simla is a synonym.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Rinaca simla (Westwood, 1847) – Lower Himalayan Emperor Moth: Aesculus indica (Sapindaceae), Juglans regia (Juglandaceae), Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- , pg 23, # 21.
- http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/16439 [accessed 30 January 2017]
- Nässig, W. A. The Saturniidae of Vietnam. http://www.saturnia.de/Research/Sat-Viet.html#Footnote%20Rinaca [accessed 30 January 2017]
- Nässig, W. A. The Saturniidae of Nepal. http://www.saturnia.de/Research/Sat-Nepal.html [accessed 30 January 2017]
- , pl 38 as Caligula simla.
- Rubinoff, D. and Doorenweerd, C., 2020. Systematics and biogeography reciprocally illuminate taxonomic revisions in the silkmoth genus Saturnia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 74(1), pp.1-6.
Note: Moved to genus Rinaca from Saturnia based on Rubinoff and Doorenweerd (2020) on 12 Dec 2022 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Rinaca simla (Westwood, 1847) – Lower Himalayan Emperor Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/rinaca-simla, accessed 2025/04/23.