''Bhima'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Lasiocampidae The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...

. The genus was first described by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1888."''Bhima'' Moore, 1888"
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Species

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Bhima borneana ''Bhima borneana'' is a species of moth of the family Lasiocampidae Species description, first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1987. It is found on Borneo. The wing markings are dull, ochreous, pale brown, rather than grey, also the thorax ...

'' Holloway, 1987 *'' Bhima eximia'' Oberthür, 1881 *'' Bhima idiota'' Graeser, 1888 *'' Bhima potanini'' Alphéraky, 1895 *'' Bhima rotundipennis'' de Joannis, 1930 *'' Bhima undulosa'' Walker, 1855

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Lasiocampidae {{Lasiocampidae-stub